Volume 11, No.2, May 2000
Women’s Role in the Church Today
As one examines the biblical account of the province of women both in the religious affairs of ancient Israel and in the early Christian church, it becomes evident that certain limitations were imposed. Clear differences emerge in the responsibilities assigned to the sexes, with the man consistently given a leading role and the woman a subordinate place. How are we to account for these [...]
Say Ye Not, A Confederacy (Isaiah 8:12)
These words condemned the conspiracy of Pekah of Israel with Rezin of Syria against Jerusalem in the days of Ahaz of Judah. Yet the last kings of Judah could not avoid the same temptation to trust the arm of foreigners and doubt the arm of the Lord. The final years of the kingdom of Judah were plagued by relations with neighboring kingdoms to the [...]
The Doctrine of Baptisms
Never in Church history has the information concerning baptism been made so clear as in the writings of Pastor Russell. He has made it plain from Scriptural comparison that in Christian baptism: (1) Water baptism is a symbol with no inherent merit. (2) Baptism is correctly immersion, not sprinkling. (3) Baptism is to be performed only upon those who have made an intelligent, personal, [...]
Categorized Texts on Baptism
REFERENCES TO ALL BAPTISM Acts 19:3a - Questions which baptism (John's or Christian) Hebrews 6:2 - translated "washings" in NAS REFERENCES TO TYPICAL "BAPTISMS" OR WASHINGS 1 Corinthians 10:2 - Immersion into Moses prepared the nation for transfer into the greater than Moses by John's Baptism which brought them back into this original Moses' Baptism. Verse 4 clearly shows the aim to be the [...]