This is the second part of a two part article. We have a preserved Bible The doctrine of the preservation of Scripture has become controversial within Christianity especially among many conservatives. While it is abundantly true that God has preserved His Word and that God’s people, in hundreds of languages, have the Word of God […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
Our Bible Is The Word Of God (part 1)
This world is no friend of grace and it is no friend of the Book that brings us grace. As the centuries have come and gone it seems that all controversies over the Christian belief in God, in Christ, in salvation, eventually come back to the reliability of our Bible. Surely such will be the […]
The Second Coming of Christ
As a sixteen year old boy, the thing that drew me back into church more than anything else was the study of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Jesus plainly said to His disciples these words before He died, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in […]
Whatever Happened to Morality?
The contemporary moral climate does not favor a faith as tough and fibrous as that taught by our Lord and His apostles. Christ calls men to carry His cross; we call them to have fun in His name! He calls them to suffer; we call them to enjoy all the bourgeois comforts modern civilization affords! […]
The Royal Mile and New Town
I still have a great interest in the United Kingdom, especially the Baptist history of England and Scotland. Edinburgh may have more bizarre and creepy stories of any older or ancient city—like the story of Margaret Dickson who was hanged for illicit behavior, only when they heard tapping on her casket and opened it, she […]
There is One God
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5) This is such an age of conformity, unanimity, and ecumenical oneness that we can hardly speak of God except in all-inclusive terms. If one were to express that he believes his God to be the only real […]
Not By Bread Alone
And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:3-4 Do […]
What’s In A Name? Why We Should Retain
This article will appear in two parts. The first part is written by Rick Shrader, president of Aletheia Baptist Ministries. The second part will be written by Matt Shrader, Educational Consultant at Aletheia Baptist Ministries. Part I The question continues to be asked, “why should we keep using the […]
The Dragon, The Beast, and the False Pro...
As we begin a new year, we are faced with violence, immorality, and war on every hand. Gunmen enter schools, theaters, and even school buses with no other purpose than to kill and hurt. The leaders of our nation don’t seem to know what to do about it other than make acquiescing gestures toward the […]
Reading This Year
Francis Bacon once said, “Reading makes a broad man but writing makes an exact man.”1 I am not as broad as I ought to be and am surely not as exact as I need to be. I find myself more in agreement with the preacher when he wrote, “and further, by these, my son, be […]