Changed Doctrine Equals a Changed Church

Visits: 11[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] The church can remain pure only as long as the doctrine it hears remains true. The New Testament contains numerous warnings about false doctrine and its purveyors, the following being typical: If…

Realized Eschatology and Exposition of Acts 2:29–36

Visits: 74[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.]  Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. Being therefore a prophet, and…

God’s “Ecumenical Movement”

Visits: 10[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page. Introduction For perhaps hundreds of years, the masses of Christendom and its leaders have lauded religious diversity. Most of us have been present where prayers of thanksgiving were offered for the…

“Repent of Your Faith”

Visits: 16[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In one of the many church bulletins received at the office every week, there appeared the following words in an article on the subject of becoming a Christian. “Repent of your…

Salvation By “Faith Only”

Visits: 49[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page. In spite of the plainest teachings of the New Testament, men persist in teaching the doctrine of salvation by “faith only.” History reveals that the doctrine was first given great…

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…

Reflections on the “Restoration Summit”

Visits: 45 [Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Manuscripts page.]   On August 7-9, 1984, a meeting billed as a “Restoration Summit” was conducted at Joplin, Missouri. The “Summit” was first conceived and suggested by brother Alan Cloyd of Nashville, Tennessee, in…

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…

Too Many “Onlys”

Visits: 39[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles  page.]             The billboard beside the church building contained six words, setting forth the congregation’s basic creed: Grace Only Faith Only Scripture Only             Apparently, these words were also intended to convey the…

The Word “Christian”

Visits: 114[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Love, faith, grace, pastor, and baptism are Biblical words that are habitually (and grossly) abused and misused. Another such word is Christian. In the New Testament it is always used…