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A letter from the Dallas area arrived here about the middle of December. The envelope did not have a return address, and the letter lacked a signature—except what looks like an email address. She needn't have worried about her name being mentioned. I only do that if
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What are Satan's goals? First, he attempts to discredit the Book, which teaches us about God. Second, the devil seeks to undermine the proof that the Bible is the Word of God. Third, he slanders God to us in order to get us to think that God is
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Brother Joe Leon showed your congenial editor the Crosswalk.com website whose material on the topic of baptism was refuted the past four weeks (November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2021). He was even more flabbergasted about what he found on a local website from a religious group calling itself
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We have been examining the website of Crosswalk.com that deals with the topic: "Baptism: What Is It? Its Meaning and Definition." In their first section, "What Is Baptism?" the section was written by John Shore, who never bothered to provide a Biblical definition of the
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The second topic on Crosswalk.com’s website concerning the subject of baptism is: “Do You Need to be Baptized to be Saved?” Predictably, James MacArthur, who answers this question, responds in the negative. He disagrees with the plain teaching of the Scriptures, which report Peter preaching on the Day
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This week, the examination of Crosswalk.com\’s \“Baptism: What is It? Meaning and Definition\” continues. Last week\’s article (November 21, 2021) examined only the first paragraph, which was full of error. There are five sections discussing various aspects of baptism. The first one was written by John Shore.
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The teaching of the New Testament is clear concerning the role that baptism plays in salvation; all a person needs to do is read the Book of Acts to learn that a person has sins before being baptized, but afterward they have been washed away. Some, however, have determined that
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The August issue of the so-called Christian Chronicle has still another article overall favorable to homosexual marriage. To be sure, they allow an opposite view to be expressed, but on the whole it is easy to see where their sympathies lie rribed\ o it is easy to see where
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Can the majority be trusted? Sometimes they get it right, but the vast majority will follow the broad way to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14). Unconvinced? The reason for that may be because you do not believe in absolute truth, which the Scriptures reveal. According to the Barna Research Group,
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One question many people might have is: "How do commentators and various authors (like MacArthur) speak of the church of Christ when they neither believe nor belong to it?" The answer lies in the definition of terms. They mean something different from what the New Testament does. In
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We've all heard comments like the one in the title of this article. Sometimes it's expressed a little differently, as in "I read the Bible, and I've accepted Jesus as my Savior, but I don't need the church. In fact, I&
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We noted last week the comments of John MacArthur, from his book, Twelve Ordinary Men, concerning the church. He wrote: "Peter preached at Pentecost, and three thousand people were added to the church" (69). It is absolutely a fact that Peter preached on that day (Acts 2:14,