What Does The Bible Say?

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue the discussion about evangelists. We begin by noting more duties to the gospel that evangelists have. The New Testament requires evangelists to point out false teachers and the false doctrine they propagate as well as those who incite unnecessary controversy. They are to command and teach the gospel according to the authority contained in t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss those in the called out body, the church, who deliver the message of the gospel. There are a number of terms that are used in the New Testament to refer to these disciples and we note each one. We discuss some "nots" concerning these evangelists. The Lord's pattern in the New Testament reveals duties that these preachers have...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue the discussion about the local body of Christ. We note the responsibility of elders in the local body as required by the New Testament pattern, as well as their qualifications in order to serve in that capacity. The pattern also identifies special servants in each local assembly, the work they are to do and the qualifications they need to m...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred complete the discussion in the previous episode on The Church Belonging To Christ, noting several passages we were not able to discuss in that episode that related to the universal or general assemble of the Lord's saints. The majority of this episode deals with the assemblies of Christ that are in various localities. First, we discuss the fact...

Send us Fan Mail In a previous episode, Arnie and Fred discussed the word "church", exploring several points regarding Christ's church as we read about it in the Bible. In this episode you will hear us note some additional aspects of the church belonging to Christ as found in the New Testament. We will again note the word "church" as translated in most English Bibles, in p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred answer a number of questions from listeners concerning instrumental music in worship. People who visit a church of Christ wonder why there are no organs, pianos or other musical instruments. People sometimes say that they don't know of a passage that forbids the use of instruments in worship. We note what the Bible says about the silence of the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss what the Bible says about forgiveness. We begin by noting that all accountable people sin and consequently are in need of forgiveness from God. Sin causes a barrier that separates the sinner from the victim. When forgiveness is granted, reconciliation is then possible between the two parties. We discuss Jesus' parable about the unmercifu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss what the bible says about Jesus coming again. We note that Jesus assured His disciples that He would come again. We note the various passages that say He will come again, and there are plenty. It is noted that the date of the Lord's return is not told us in the bible.  His return is not imminent and there are a number of events that are...

Send us Fan Mail There are evidently a number of religious organizations that teach that an individual once saved as a Christian can never do anything that would cause them to fall and be lost forever. Arnie and Fred discuss the fact that the Bible records a number of Christians who had fallen away. There are also admonitions in the bible regarding the possibility of individual apostacy. We discus...

Send us Fan Mail At least since the time of Augustine of Hippo (aka Saint Augustine, AD354-430)  and perhaps even before him, numerous religions that consider themselves to be "Christian", have taught the doctrine of Original Sin or Inherent Total Depravity. Since Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden because they disobeyed God by eating of the Tree of Knowledge and became g...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss what the Bible says about being saved by faith or works. For many people, the Bible seems to give a mixed message: can we be saved by works? Not saved by works? Saved by faith? Or what? By the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had begun essentially teaching salvation by works: indulgences, penance, sacraments, and so forth. So as the Protesta...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss the general theory of Evolution. It is essentially a hypothesis that millions of years ago, without cause or reason lifeless matter came into existence, spontaneously, and over time developed into living organisms, which gradually and repeatedly transformed themselves from one kind into another, eventually having produced all living and extin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss the Creation. The Bible is very clear concerning God creating the universe and everything in it. We discuss the six days of Creation in the Genesis record. We note what is specified that God created on each day. We note that Gof created everything in a logical order. It is noted that the physical, visible creation provides the evidence of God...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss the hostility among people that seems to surround us. Malice - among nations, between ethnicities, against other races, toward different political or religious views, of one person against another. Why is that? When it doesn't have to be this way. We discuss New Testament cases of animosity resulting in violent persecution and the fact...

Send us Fan Mail The miracles that Jesus performed are recorded in the Bible as evidence that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 97 accounts recorded in the New Testament scriptures. These miracles were spread across the entire region Jesus was in, from Caesarea Philippi in the north, to Judean villages in the south, and from the coasts of Tyre...

Send us Fan Mail Our nation, as well as other nations in the world, are in a state of crisis and have been for decades, and many deny this based on the confused standards of "political correctness". It is a crisis of values in the United States, as it is elsewhere. In the United States it is particularly apparent in our mayor urban centers - New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,...

Send us Fan Mail Death is ever present with us. We are reminded of it every day. Especially during this current pandemic. There tens of thousands of our fellow citizens and hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who have died of it. Extraordinary efforts have been taken to mitigate it, but to no avail. It isn't unusual to be frightened of the prospect of death. The Bible speaks of the fear...

Send us Fan Mail Parents are advised that as discreetly as possible, Fred and Arnie will discuss Bible passages involving moral issues of adultery, incest and homosexuality, including one verse that refers to sexual abuse of children. We hear a lot these days about how intolerant and hypocritical Christians are regarding supposedly normal human behavior. This is true not only today, but indeed in...

Send us Fan Mail Arnie and Fred discuss what the bible says in Acts Chapter 2. Acts Chapter 2 begins 10 days after Jesus ascended to heaven. Jesus had promised the apostles that they soon would be baptized with the Holy Spirit which would give them power to be His witnesses. He told them to go to Jerusalem to wait where they would be endued with power from on high. They did so and we find basicall...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode, Arnie and Fred discuss the first chapter of Acts. There seem to be many people who don't consider this book to be very important. But there is a great deal of important information in this first chapter of Acts that relates what occurred in the 40 days Jesus was with His apostles and other disciples before His ascension, and the remaining 10 days before Pente...

Send us Fan Mail This is a lesson Fred provided to the Woodland church of Christ in January 2018. Fred and Arnie discuss what Paul referred to as the body, soul and spirit in 1 Thessalonians 5:23. Discussion will be centered around what the Bible says about these three terms. We invite you to have your Bible available so you can verify what is being said. Take about 30 minutes to listen in on this...

Send us Fan Mail This is Arnie and Fred's third discussion of Divine or God's Authority. Our first discussion considered what we termed  a "Chain of Divine Authority", beginning with God having all authority. Our second session reviewed the New Testament's inspiration, completeness, certainty, assurance and authority as God's final revelation of His will,replacing the...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the second discussion Arnie and Fred have on God's or Divine Authority. We will begin this discussion by reviewing some things you already know about the Authority of the Bible; then considering the important - indeed, the ESSENTIAL nature of the Authority of God's Word, in the Bible. Take about 30 minutes to listen in on this discussion. Have your Bible...

Send us Fan Mail This will be the first of 3 discussions about God's Chain of Authority as revealed in the Bible. It is noted in the New Testament that the people were astonished at what Jesus taught them in what is commonly known as the Sermon on the Mount. They recognized that Jesus taught as one having authority and not as the Scribes. Arnie and Fred will discuss the passages where referen...

Send us Fan Mail The older we get, the more we are conscious of our mortality. We experience sickness our selves and see it in others. There are accidents, violence, war, and various news reports of the demise of others. So, there are times that we wonder about what happens to us after death. There are philosophers and theologians who try to explain it theoretically, but they can offer only specul...