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Letters    

Table of Contents

 On Christianity-- 3; On The Nature of the Early Church-- 3; Baptist Distinctives--4 ; Of Baptists, Protestants, and Roman Catholics--5 ; To A Roman Catholic Priest-- 6-12; To One Investigating Roman Catholicism--13 ; To A Proselyte of Rome-- 14,15.

On The Authority of The Word of God--16 ; On The Inspiration and Preservation of Scripture--16 ; On the Preservation of Scripture--16 ; On the Inspiration and Inerrancy of Scripture--17 ; To One Who Believes The Kings James Version of The Bible Was Tampered With by the British Government In Order To Regain Control of Her American Colonies--17 ; On the Simplicity of Scripture--18 ; "Sola Scriptura"--18 ; On The New International Version of the Bible--18 ; On the King James Translators--19 ; The Bible Not of Private Interpretation--19 ; On Textual Criticism--19 ; On Preaching The Word--19 ; The Nature of Prophecy-- 20; To One Who Believes All Bible Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled--20 ; In Response To A Humanist Who Charges The Bible With Encouraging Slavery, Sexism, and Xenophobia--21 .

Of Atheism--22 ; Of Creation vs. Evolution--22 ; On The Use of "Yahweh" (or, "Jehovah") As The Name of God--22 ; On the Permissive Will of God--23 ; Of Jesus Christ, God Incarnate-- 24; To One Who Believes Jesus Christ Was Not A Jew--25 ; On the Return of Christ-- 26; To One Who Believes Christ Returned in 70 A.D.--26 ; On Christ, The Only Savior of Men--26 ; On the Indwelling of The Holy Spirit In Old Testament Believers--26 ; To One Denying the Reality of The Holy Spirit--27 .

On the Nature of Righteousness--27 ; On Salvation--28 ; Of An Unbeliever--28 ; To An Unbeliever--28 ; Of A Man of The World--29 ; To a Doubting Soul--29 ; To an Apostate--30 ; On National Apostasy--30 ; On The Doctrine of Demons--30 .

Of The Doctrine of Election--30 ; On Calvinism, or The Doctrines of Grace--31 ; On God's Love for Men--32 ; Are Calvinists or Arminians Saved?--32 ; An Answer To Charles Finney--33-35 ; An Answer To Cornelius Stam--36 ; On Loving Everyone--36 ; To An Unstable Soul--36 ; To Confirm One In The Faith--37 ; To One Who Believes The Resurrection of The Body Is Past--38 .

Of Reincarnation--38 ; Of People Who Claim To Have Lived In A Previous Life--38 ; On The Nature of Faith--38 ; To An Amillennialist--39,40 ; On The Doctrine of Hell, and of Everlasting Punishment--41 ; On Conditional Immortality, or The Sleep of The Dead--41 ; To One Who Believes In Annihilation--42 .

On the Existence of The Jews--42 ; On the Identity of The Jews--43 ; To One Who Denies Present-Day Jews Are the Israelites of Old--44 ; To One Who Believes The Jewish Nation Was Forever Destroyed--44 ; Of The Jewish Holocaust--44 ; Of The Jewish People--44 ; On Romanism vs. Judaism--45 ; Of Jews As Pagans--45 ; To A Hater of Jews-- 45-46; Proof the Messiah Has Come-- 47; To A Convert To Judaism--47 ; On "Judeo- Christianity"--47 .

To One Who Believes Adam Is The Father of Only The White Race--48 ; On The Meaning Of "Europe"--48 ; To One Who Believes The Bible Calls Black People "Beasts"--48 ; To One Who Believes Men and Animals Can Be Mixed--49 ; On Interracial Marriage--49 ; On The Mark of Cain--49 ; On The Gap Theory--50 ; Are Black People Genetically Inferior To White People?--50 ; On Discrimination and Equality--51 ; On The Christian Identity Movement--51 ; To A Member Of The Christian Identity Movement--51 ; To A Member of The Patriot Network--51 ; To One Who Believes Divinity Schools are Luciferian Because They Operate With Masonic Money--52 .

Of Civil Government--52 ; On Lawful Government--52 ; On Internationalism--53; On The Consolation of Government--54 ; On Military Service--54 ; On Pacifism--55 ; To An Attorney--55 ; On Socialism--56 ; On Social Security--56,57 ; The Socialistic Nature of Insurance Schemes--58 ; On Insurance--58 ; On Usury--58 ; On Just Taxation--59 ; On Unjust Taxation--59 ; To A Public Official--60 ; On Resting In Christ--60 .

On The Medical Insignia--60 ; On Aggravated Illness--61 ; On The Terminally Ill--61 ; To A Retiree--61.

On Ordination--61 ; Of Pastors and Their Children--61 ; Of Obedience and Boldness--61 ; On the Knowledge of Hebrew and Greek--62 ; On The Use of The Term "Reverend"--62 ; The Plurality of Elders--62 ; On Preaching The Gospel To Every Creature--63 ; On Cooperation--63 ; On Compromise Evangelicalism--64 ; On Unscriptural Separation--64 ; On The Value of The Printed Page--65 ; To A Missionary Candidate--65 .

On Public Worship--65 ; Of Contemporary Worship--65 ; Of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs--65 ; On Classical Music--66 ; On Contemporary Religious Music--66 ; On The Perniciousness of Rock Music--67 ; Of Repentance and Music--67 ; On The Use of Musical Instruments--67 ; Of Religious Art--67 ; Of Worldliness--68 ; On The Charismatic Heresy--68 ; On Charismatic Doctrine--68 ; Of Dancing Before The Lord--69 ; To A Charismatic Friend--69 ; On the Role Of Women In Worship--69 ; On Women and Christian Ministry--69 ; On Women Preachers: An Answer To Dake--70-71 ; On Church Growth--72 ; TO A Primitive Baptist Elder--72 ; On The Use of Wine--73 .

On Psychology--74 ; On The Pernicious Nature of "Christian" Psychology--74 ; On Leaving Home--74 ; On Overcoming Temptation--74 ; On Modesty--75 ; Of Dress and Attitudes--75 ; Women and Slacks--75 ; The Care of The Body--76 ; On Women's Head Covering--77 ; On Christian Marriage--77 ; On The Marriage Ceremony--77 ; On The Duty of A Husband--78 ; On The Duty Of A Wife--78 ;  Of Birth Control--78 ;  Of Bestiality--78 ; To a Son On His 13th Birthday--79 ; To A Son On His Graduation From High School--80 ; To A Daughter On Her Graduation From High School--81 ; Of Christian Education--81 ; To One Suffering Marital Problems--81 ; On Divorce and Remarriage--82,83 ; To An Errant Mother--84 ;  To One On Her 4th Marriage--84 ; On Homosexuality and AIDS--84 .

On The Sabbath--84,85 ; On The Celebration of Christmas--86 ; Of The Angelus--87 ; On Intelligence, and The Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Test --87 ; Of Permissiveness and Moral Education--88 ; Of Truth--89 ; On Teachability--89 ; On The Revival Of Heresies-- 89; On Independence--89 ; On The Importance of Prayer--90 ; On Persecution--90 ; On Suffering For Doing Right: To An Expelled Pastor--90.

Of Christopher Columbus--91 ; Of Sir Francis Drake--90 .

On Respecting Brethren With Whom We Disagree--90 ;  To A Discouraged Pastor--90 ; On Controlling Anger--92 ; To An Arrogant Man--92 ; To One Once Reproved--92 ; To A Rebellious Man--92 ; To A Critical Spirit--92 ; To A Common Thief--93 ; Of A Shrew--93 ; To A Trembling Believer--93 ; On Injured Feelings--93 ; To A Woman In Prison--93 ; To One Abused As A Child--94 ; On Becoming Entangled With The Affairs of This Life--95 ; To A gracious Lady--95 ; To One Needing To Be Reconciled To His Brother--95 ; On Natural Healing--95 ; On Vegetarianism-95 ; A Warning To An Errant Brother--96 ; To One Oppressed By Nightmares--96 .

On Death--97 ; The Precious Death of The Saints--97 ; On Dying-97 ; Of Eternity--97 ; To The Bereaved: To One Grieving The Death of Her Husband--98 ; To One Questioning God On The Death of Her Brother--98 ; To One Grieving the Death of His Sister--99 ; To One Grieving The Death Of His Father--99 ; To One Grieving the Death of His Daughter--99 ; To Those Grieving The Death of Their Son--99 ; To One Grieving The Death of Her Friend--100 ; Reflections Upon The Murder of A Teenager--100 ; Of Funerals--100 ; Postscript--100 .

 

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