Jesus Should Have Failed

Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Never has anyone on earth been more successful than Jesus of Nazareth. He accomplished exactly what He came to accomplish: “For the Son of man came to seek and to…

Just Call Me a “Change Agent”

Visits: 17[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction All right, I admit it: I am a “change agent”! Unquestionably, there are some things about and in the Lord’s church that need to be changed, and I want to…

Ingredients of Evangelism

Visits: 20[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] No subject is more vital to sincere saints than evangelism. Jesus made it our first responsibility when He issued the Great Commission (Mat. 28:18–19; Mark 16:15–16; Luke 24:47). It is…

The Church in Jerusalem

Visits: 13[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page. Introduction On the Pentecost following our Lord’s resurrection and ascension “there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven,” plus numerous proselytes (Acts 2:5, 10).1 One historian estimates…

“Growing” A Church—At What Price?

Visits: 39[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Some brethren will do almost anything to bring numerical and financial growth to a congregation. They will mutilate, innovate, and obfuscate the Gospel in order to have it. “Growth (as they…