In Defense of Doctrine
Today, even within those churches who consider themselves to be fundamental and evangelical, the emphasis on doctrine is kept to a minimum. The argument is brought forth that doctrine does not have to do with the significant matters of life...
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The New Testament Style of Arguing
Much of the New Testament, especially Paul's epistles, uses the method of argument to teach. Argument is a style that probes the mind by facts, reason, and questions to draw out one's thinking. When a writer such as Paul the...
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The Proper Use of Typology
So infinitely glorious is God, so wondrous are His works, so exalted is His majesty, and so marvelous is His love for humankind, that He has brought into play every device of human language to reveal Himself to us. Statements...
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The Old Testament and its Levels
It is helpful to realize that the Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament, have at least four levels of understanding. For example, a young person in school might be introduced to math--simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Later, he discovers...
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Why Study Prophecy?
To anyone who knows anything at all about the Bible, it should be evident that we are living in prophetic times during which the stage for God's future program is rapidly being set for the fulfillment of long-promised events. One...
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Four Keys to Unlocking Prayer
When the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to teach them to pray, He was not finished teaching when He gave them the famous model prayer recorded in Matthew 6. He would teach them by example, praying all night under the stars...
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Confession
It will be well to obtain, at the outset, a true conception of what is meant by confession. The use of the word in Scripture, together with illustrations, must be our guides. The Meaning of Confession A variety of ideas unite in...
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The Meaning of Worship
Let us examine the incident with Mary in John 12 negatively, and seek to discover what she did not come to do on this memorable occasion. From this negative approach, we can learn much of the positive character of true...
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Have You Hugged an Elder Lately?
We recently have heard of Christians in two assemblies who decided to express their appreciation to their elders before their elders' funerals (the usual time to wax eloquent about others)--a novel approach indeed. One assembly's young ladies (the New Hampshire...
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