What Is Baptism? — No. 5

Visits: 30[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads 3  page.]             Having surveyed the overwhelming evidence showing the only Scriptural action of baptism to be immersion, we will now seek to discover the Scriptural purpose of baptism. What does baptism…

The Deaths of Man

Visits: 22 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             Cats supposedly have nine lives. Men may die more than once. In fact, man may experience as many as four deaths.             Those who are living in sin…

Did Jesus Have Long Hair?

Visits: 35[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             It is a common misconception that Jesus wore shoulder-length hair. Many have used this myth to justify long hair on males today. What does history reveal about this matter?…

A Time To Be Hardheaded

Visits: 42[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The call and commission of Ezekiel to be the prophet of God among the exiled Jews in Babylon is interesting. God said to the prophet: Behold, I have made thy…

The Bible Doctrine of Faith

Visits: 9[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Faith and belief (in their various cognates) are among the most frequently found words and concepts in the Bible. They are also among the most misunderstood and abused Biblical words. Without…

Biblical Faith—No. 1

Visits: 33[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The noun, faith, and the corresponding verb, believe, are words of great significance in the New Testament. One’s faith in God (the Father), in Jesus Christ (His only begotten Son), and…

Do We Realize What We Have?—Andy McClish

Visits: 12[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] One of the greatest advantages that a person can be given in life is to be trained from birth as a child of God. Surely those of us who have…

How to Preserve Your Bible

Visits: 21[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] Jesus promised, “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33). Surely, every Christian wants to see the Bible preserved. I speak not of its…

The Requirements of Scriptural Baptism

Visits: 10[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] For baptism to be what the Lord authorized and what the Scriptures teach, four requirements must be met. The right action is required. The consistent description of baptism in Scripture…

Biblical Faith—No. 2

Visits: 287[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]  Faith and belief are so much the basic response God requires of men that one or the other is often used as a synecdoche (i.e., a figure of speech in which…