Library of Articles

When a believer first hears that the Body of Christ began with Paul, the objections come fast. This study takes the strongest arguments against Mid-Acts right division — Pentecost, one body, two gospels, the Great Commission, novelty, and more — and answers each from the Scriptures rightly divided.

Can a saved person go on in the works of the flesh and still be saved? The question is really two: is he still saved, and what does it cost him? Paul's own warnings, the carnal Corinthians, and the answer to the Lordship lifestyle argument give a clear, rightly divided reply — security intact, walk and reward addressed honestly.

Soundness on the text is no guarantee of soundness everywhere. Some in the grace movement press the rightly divided word past what it states into speculation — such as the claim that the Body of Christ replaces fallen angels. This piece draws the line between what God has plainly said and what men build on top of it.

When someone answers the gospel of grace with a verse in red, the question is never whether Jesus said it, but to whom and under what program. This study gives one diagnostic question and applies it to the texts most often quoted — the rich young ruler, judge not, Lord Lord, endure to the end — each belonging to Israel's kingdom program.

A Facebook post claims Paul only taught believers not to be judged for keeping days — not that they should stop. This article examines the direction of Colossians 2:16, the Acts 15 council ruling, and what Paul's delight in the law actually means.

Peter Ruckman's 1985 booklet attacking Mid-Acts dispensationalism substitutes ridicule for exegesis. This systematic response examines each argument on its merits, showing that his scriptural case is weaker than his confidence suggests and that Paul's plain words about his own gospel are best taken at face value.

Paul did not stumble into suffering by ignoring the Holy Spirit's warnings at Tyre and Caesarea. Those were prophetic predictions of what would happen, not prohibitions against going. Acts 23:11 records the Lord's own commendation of Paul's Jerusalem testimony, settling the question of obedience.