Bible Articles

Unless You Are Converted

September 20, 2008

By Jimmy R. Mickells “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will [...]

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Be Reconciled to God

August 17, 2008

By Jimmy R. Mickells  “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now [...]

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Acts 2:21—Calling on the Lord’s Name

August 9, 2008

By WAYNE JACKSON In his sermon on the day of Pentecost, Peter declared: “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21). In view of this statement, folks sometimes ask: Why do members of the church of Christ insist that baptism is a requirement for being saved? One should not [...]

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Are We Under “Law” or “Grace”?

July 25, 2008

By WAYNE JACKSON, ChristianCourier.com ”Why do some insist that Christians are ‘under law’ today? We are not under law, but grace. The law came by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus (Jn. 1:17).” We must respectfully point out that the question recorded above reflects a serious misunderstanding of the nature of both law [...]

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Outreach

July 23, 2008

By Jimmy R. Mickells  The word “outreach” is an expression that has been coined in recent years. If I understand what is meant by its use, it means an effort by a local church to reach out to those that are lost to save them from sin. That certainly is the work of the church. [...]

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Burning in Our Hearts

July 20, 2008

By Stan Mitchell  The boisterous crowd fell silent.  They had gathered in the summer of 1536 to witness an execution, a man burned at the stake.  He was just a little over 40 years old, an Oxford scholar, and a felon facing the death penalty.  So what had he done? All eyes were on the [...]

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Is Baptism For Remission Of Sin?

July 14, 2008

By Jimmy R. Mickells We often encounter or hear of people who simply do not believe that baptism is a part of God’s plan to save man. They usually say that it is a good thing to do, Jesus was baptized you know. It is certainly a good thing to do because the Bible tells [...]

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What Any Fool Can Do

July 4, 2008

By Ben May God has a lot to say about fools and foolishness. In fact, some form of the word “fool” is used 189 times in the King James Version of the Bible. In our society, we have several expressions about being a fool. One of them is “I’m nobodies fool”. None of us want [...]

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THE SINNER’S PRAYER

July 4, 2008

By Greg Gwin in Biblical Insights, Vol. 5, No. 7, July, 2005 God never instructed alien sinners to pray for forgiveness of sins.Many variations exist to the so-called “sinner’s prayer.” Most of these include a confession of faith in Jesus, an acknowledgement of sins, and an expression of desire for salvation. We are told that [...]

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“He Came to Himself”

July 3, 2008

By Jimmy Mickells In Luke 15, Jesus reveals several parables about thing that are lost.  There was a lost sheep, a lost coin, and two lost sons.  They were lost for different reasons; the sheep because of its own negligence, the coin because of the negligence of someone else, the younger son because of a choice [...]

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