Visits: 39[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Ten centuries before Jesus’ birth, the prophet Nathan, on behalf of Jehovah, told David that He would set one of David’s seed upon his throne in an eternal kingdom (2 Sam….
Visits: 29[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] No person ever lived that never became discouraged, including such spiritual giants as our Lord and the apostle Paul (Mat. 23:37; Acts 28:15; 1 Cor. 2:3; et al.). When perverse…
Visits: 20[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The Lord’s church is the spiritual body of Christ (Eph. 1:22–23). It cannot be seriously argued that the work of the spiritual body of Christ should or can be different…
Visits: 34[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] If the church as God planned it and Christ built it is to exist in any age, there are certain principles to which men must be committed. As surely as…
Visits: 35[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] A popular theological system advances the following theses: The Jews of Jesus’ day “surprised” God the Father by rejecting His Son, their Messiah. This rejection prevented Jesus’ from establishing the earthly kingdom…
Visits: 33[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Saul of Tarsus is a fierce persecutor of Christians when he first appears in the New Testament record (Acts 7:58–8:3). His change from cruel crusader against the church to Jesus’…
Visits: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] By all human standards the church Jesus established through His apostles should never have “gotten off the ground.” Everything seemed to be against its success and survival. The men charged…
Visits: 30[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] For several years it has been the practice of some religious groups (including the Independent Christian Church) to appoint “deaconesses.” Predictably, some of the “faddists” among us are adopting the…
Visits: 35[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page The Bible teaches the doctrine of “separation” throughout. God requires His people to recognize that they distinctly belong to Him and to behave accordingly. God gave Israel His Law through…
Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Why did God empower men in the first century to work miracles? One of the Biblical words for “miracle” (semeion) provides a clue. This word connotes an act that is…
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