Impartation of Spiritual Gifts

Visits: 41[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] In 1 Corinthians 12:8–10, Paul listed nine miraculous “manifestations” of the Spirit. These gifts were scattered among various members, with some apparently receiving no gift at all (vv. 28–30). Since…

Doctrine and Unity

Visits: 20[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Romans 16:17 speaks concerning doctrine and unity: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned:…

Prayer Pointers

Visits: 76[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] We all are subject to drifting into behavior and speech habits that convey unscriptural concepts. Sometimes such speech habits are manifested in the prayers in our assemblies. Such mistakes are…

Realized Eschatology and Exposition of Acts 2:29-36

Visits: 65[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction             The Bible contains numerous outstanding sermons or at least briefs thereof. The minds of Bible students immediately go to the Lord’s “Sermon on the Mount,” Peter’s Pentecost sermon, Stephen’s oration…

A Tribute to Jehovah’s Word—Comments on Selected Verses from Each Stanza of Psalms 119

Visits: 54[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction As Joseph Bryant Rotherham tried to conclude his introduction to the 119th Psalm, he had considerable difficulty doing so. He wrote: It was hoped to close this merely introductory “exposition” with…

Losing All Things to Gain Christ—Philippians 3:1–11

Visits: 63[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction When compared to the Corinthian epistles or to the respective letters to the Galatians, Timothy, or Titus, the letter to the Philippians is written in mild terms. The reason for this…

Christ Ascends and the Disciples Wait—Acts 1:1–26

Visits: 8[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The book of Acts is a transitional book between the Gospel accounts and the remainder of the New Testament. The first chapter of Acts is likewise a transitional chapter in several…

“Automatic” Membership Placement?

Visits: 8[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Through the years I have come across brethren who believed that merely visiting with a congregation for a few weeks or months thereby made them members, with no request on…

Strong and Fully Armed

Visits: 10[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction A recurring metaphor in the New Testament likens the church to a spiritual army and its members to soldiers (Phi. 2:25; 1 The. 5:8; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:3–4;…