ARCHIVED 2007

ARTICLES

December 27, 2007: The North River News was not published this week

December 20, 2007: Why doesn't God do something about all the unhappiness and discontent in the world today?

December 13, 2007: If man must respond (repent and be baptized) then how is he saved by grace (Eph. 2:5)?

December 6, 2007: What did Jesus mean when He said, "I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE" (John 10:30)?

November 29, 2007: Is the "second coming" near?

November 22, 2007: Do you consider abortion, suicide, and euthanasia all as murder?

November 15, 2007: You mentioned in previous articles about the church being "one". One what?

November 8, 2007: Does God authorize Christians to partake of the lord's Supper on any day of the week?

November 1, 2007: What does Paul mean when he says we are saved by faith and not of works (Eph. 2:8-9)?

October 25, 2007: Will Jesus begin his reign at the start of the millennium?

October 18, 2007: Who can partake of the Lord's Supper?

October 11, 2007: Does God approve of homosexuality and authorize it as an alternate lifestyle?

October 4, 2007: When Paul told Timothy to rightly divide the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15), what did he mean?

September 27, 2007: When preachers refer to the "millennium" what do they mean, and what is involved?

September 20, 2007: What is the Lord's Supper?

September 13, 2007: Does your church teach eternal security?

September 6, 2007: Is the church identified as both the bride of Christ and also the body of Christ?
What about Rev. 21:2 where the New Jerusalem is called the bride of Christ?

August 30, 2007: Can someone who is not a child of God pray to him?

August 23, 2007: What was the "transfiguration" and what was its purpose?

August 16, 2007: Doesn't Eph. 2:8 teach that grace alone saves?

August 9, 2007: Did Jesus postpone establishing his kingdom because the Jews rejected him?

August 2, 2007: Aren't the many Christian faiths today really the one faith of Eph. 4?

July 26, 2007: Why are so many, both old and young, disappointed with what they have?

July 19, 2007: Why do some religious services seem so chaotic? Isn't that just emotionalism?

July 12, 2007: Is there a temporary place of punishment that souls pass through on their way to heaven?

July 5, 2007: If baptism (immersion) is necessary for salvation, how was the thief on the cross (Luke 23:39-43) saved without it?

June 28, 2007: Can Jews and muslims come to, and serve, God without going through Christ?

June 21, 2007: Does God indicate when life begins in the human being??

June 14, 2007: What is the "priesthood," and did Christ establish one for His church?

June 7, 2007: Are the Jews still God's chosen people today?

May 31, 2007: How can we understand the Bible alike when there are so many interpretation?

May 24, 2007: Is Jesus really a descendant of Coniah (Jeconiah of Matthew 1:12), preventing him from ruling on earth in the millennium?

May 17, 2007: Why is profanity so common?

May 10, 2007: Some churches demand a "confession" as a condition of salvation. Does yours? What does that mean?

May 3, 2007: Did Christ provide earthly oversight of His church? If so, How and Who?

April 26, 2007: Will the lost ten tribes of Israel be found and returned to Jerusalem for the millennium?

April 19, 2007: What does the word "grace" mean as used in the Bible?

April 12, 2007: Is 1 Thess. 4:16-17 speaking of the rapture?

April 5, 2007: If Christ is not to reign on earth for 1,000 years, why did Isaiah say the temple
was to be re-constructed (Isa. 44:28)?

March 29, 2007: Will God actually send anyone to Hell? Why?

March 22, 2007: When Christ established His church (Matt. 16:18), who did He establish as the clergy?

March 15, 2007: What is meant by the "Rapture" and when will it be?

March 8, 2007: If Abraham was justified by faith and not works (Rom. 4:3-4), why
must we perform works, such as being baptized, in order to be saved?

March 1, 2007: Why does Paul say we are saved by faith and not by works (Eph. 2:8-9)
and James say we are saved by works and not by faith?

February 22, 2007: Is there anything wrong with having women preachers?

February 15, 2007: What is Pergatory?

February 8, 2007: Is there really a hell (place of eternal punishment?

February 1, 2007: What can we know about Satan and his powers?

January 25, 2007: Why don't we read of church fund raising in the Bible?

January 18, 2007: Does the church of Christ have a government or headquarters, and, if so, what is it?

January 11, 2007: Why did Christ establish His church?

January 4, 2007: Will Jesus literally sit on David's throne during the Millennium?