http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Church-Membership&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

What does it mean to join a church? Am I enlisting for service? Vowing to a lifelong commitment? Isn't God the one who causes us to become a member of the body of Christ, and not man?

(Study - 2 pages; 2008)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=How-Do-I-Know-I-Am-Saved?&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

A popular topic. A common question. This study offers some insight into why this struggle hinders many Christians.

(Audio - 42 mins; plus Handout - 1 page; 2016)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Assurance-By-Faith-and-Love&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Many people struggle with assurance of salvation. The main problem is that they look to themselves, rather than to Christ. It turns out that a trip through Colossians offers one cure for spiritual depression.

(Study - 2 pages; 2017)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Music-in-Worship&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

It seems that people highly value music in worship, insomuch that one church with better music will outweigh one with better doctrine. Does God have anything to say about music in His worship? A two-part message gives (i) the Old Testament background, then (ii) covers two explicit New Testament directives.

(Two audio - 51 mins, 61 mins; and Study - 5 pages; 2017)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Where-Dont-I-Go-When-I-Die?&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Part 1 refutes the false ideas of Sheol-Hades, Purgatory and Soul Sleep.
Part 2 refutes the false ideas of Annihilation and Second Probation.

(Two audio - 49 mins, 46 mins; plus Study - 4 pages; 2017)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Where-Do-I-Go-When-I-Die?&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

The Bible clearly teaches that the souls of believers immediately after death enter the glories of heaven. This study offers extensive proof for this old doctrine.

(Audio - 44 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2017)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Do-We-Sleep-At-Death-or-Not?&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

At a funeral I attended in 2006, someone asked about soul sleep. Does life after death start with a period of sleep, prior to judgment day? How are we to understand those Bible passages that talk about "sleeping" at death?

(Study - 4 pages; 2006)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Olivet-Discourse-Pt-3&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

At the close of His prophecies, Jesus gives His church important warnings, which I believe a pre-millennial view would undermine.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Olivet-Discourse-Pt-2&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

We deal with two important but apparently contradicting phrases: 'this generation', and 'immediately after the tribulation'.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Olivet-Discourse-Pt-1&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Is Jesus speaking physically or metaphorically? Which temple does He speak of? Which questions are Jesus answering?