The Controversy Over Faith And Works Continues

By Mike Willis The relationship between faith and works has been debated through the years by those who study the Bible. Some such as the Pharisees have understood man to be saved through perfect obedience to the commandments of God (called “works” by Paul in Romans and Galatians), some have understood man to be saved without …

Millennial Miscalculations: The Mark Of The Beast

By Dudley Ross Spears Wild guesses have been made as to the significance and meaning of the “mark of the beast.” Not the least of the wild guesses is one offered by the famous millennialist, Hal Lindsey. He suggests that the number 666, the number of the name of the beast (Rev. 13:17) is understood by …

Ephraim’s Idols: The Silence of Scripture And the Church of Christ

By Ron Halbook The following quotation appears in the well known Adam Clarke’s Commentary (Vol. VI, p. 895) at the conclusion of his discussion of 2 Peter. We have now passed over all the canonical writings of Peter that are extant; and it is worthy of remark that in no place of the two epistles already …