The Misunderstood Jesus
Understanding people is often difficult. What do they mean? How are they using phrases? Are they being literal or figurative, or both? In person, we can ask and clarify, but…
Author: Doy Moyer
Why Do We Teach the Importance of Baptism?
Baptism, which, biblically, is immersion, is not our design. We didn’t invent it as a practice. We didn’t come up with the reasons for doing it. We weren’t the ones…
A Guide to Judging Others
“Jesus said not to judge others,” didn’t He? We are often reminded of this because in today’s culture, one thing is made very clear: we aren’t supposed to judge anyone!…
Congregational Independence
The Scriptures teach local congregational independence and autonomy. What does this mean? The body of Christ (universal terminology as in one body, Eph 4:1-3) is not some interconnected web of…
Faith is the Evidence
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1, NASB; ESV). Some translations say that faith is the “evidence” of things not…
Living with Unanswered Questions
Most of us would likely agree with the idea that the older we get, the more we realize we don’t know. The vastness of the universe, the complexity of people,…
Baptism and How We Read
Think about these two statements: Baptism has nothing to do with salvation. Baptism now saves you. Which is true? I was studying with some who were adamant in their opposition…
The Fulfillment of the Law
The relationship of the Old Covenant to the New is a longstanding discussion. Thinking that the Old was simply abolished and has little to no impact on the New is…
Why Be Concerned with Sound Doctrine?
Paul wrote to Timothy, “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim 1:13).…
Incentives For Serving God
Most are familiar with these chilling words from Satan to God about Job: “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge about him and his house…