The intent of a gospel preacher is certainly not to offend people. Paul wrote, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Colossians 4:6). Words can motivate someone to do the right thing, or they can drive people away, depending on how […]

Alexander Campbell said, “The doctrine of the cross is the great central doctrine of the Bible, the very essence of Christianity–which explains all the peculiarities of the Christian system.” Campbell was right. There is no doctrine more vital and more important than the cross, for to preach the cross is to preach Christ and Him […]

A denominational preacher by the name of Stephan Gola wrote a book entitled, “Divorce, God’s Will.” In this book he sets forth the theory that all divorced people can remarry with God’s approval on the basis that “divorce was never a sin in itself—ever!” Is there any biblical truth to this claim that divorce is […]

When preaching in Louisville some years ago, some brethren and I went into the community and knocked on doors in an attempt to win souls. I know that cold calling is not the best way to win souls to Christ, but as a secondary plan of growth, there can be some value in it, specifically, […]

In Romans fifteen and verse four, Paul wrote of the patience and comfort of the scriptures. He was referring to the Old Testament because the New Testament had not been fully written at that time. However, since the New Testament has been completed, they too contain much comfort. It is to our advantage as God’s […]

One of the false doctrines that the Jews taught during the times of Christ was that a Jew could not be lost regardless of how he lived (unless he committed suicide). Paul confronted this position in the second chapter of Romans (Romans 2:1-3, 17-23). There are still those who hold to this false teaching. They […]

In the eighth chapter of the book of Acts, we have both God and Satan at work. Satan, through the person of Saul and other Jewish leaders, is trying to destroy the church (Acts 8:1-3). But God, as He has done so many times in the past, is able to take the efforts of the […]

There are some very important things that we have a tendency to devalue. Sadly, one of those things is the Word of God. While this may be predictable in regard to the infidels of our society today, it should never be the case with those of us who make up God’s elect. The Word of […]