The Ancient Faith
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This page is dedicated to selected studies, anecdotes from the life of “Racoon” John Smith, classic sermons, and study books (commentaries, Greek dictionaries, and sermon outlines) in PDF format for Bible students. We hope these writings will foster spiritual growth and a closer relationship with Jesus through a clearer understanding of His will. We pray that congregational teacher will avail themselves of these free resources written by dedicated ministers and Bible scholars as they prepare sermons.STUDIES BY ANTHONY MELTON
Written Studies:
- Is Sunday School Scriptural?
- The Gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost
- More coming soon!
Audio Sermons: 🔊
- The Gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost
STUDY BOOKS IN PDF
Bible Commentaries:
- The Fourfold Gospel – J.W. McGarvey
- Commentary on Acts – J.W. McGarvey
- Commentary on Romans – Robert Whiteside
- 1 Corinithians – Lipscomb/Shepherd
- 2 Corinthians and Galatians – Lipscomb/Shepherd
- Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Thess – McGarvey/Pendleton
- Ephesians, Phillippians, Colossians – Lipscomb/Shepherd
- Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon – Lipscomb/Shepherd
- Hebrews – Robert Milligan
- Epistle of James – Guy Woods
- 1,2 Peter, 1,2,3 John, Jude – Guy Woods
- Revelation – Foy E. Wallace
Greek Lexicons:
- Liddell & Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon
- Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon
Sermon Outline Books:
- Powerful Sermon Outlines and Charts – David Macy
- Sermons I Have Preached – George W. Dehoff
- Sermons and Writings of Homer L. Kings
- The Sermon Outlines of H. Leo Boles
- Gospel Sermons – T.W. Brents
- The Gospel Plan of Salvation – T.W. Brents
- The Spirit and the Word – Z.T. Sweeney
ANECDOTES FROM THE LIFE OF “RACCOON” JOHN SMITH
Written Studies:
Why I Left The Baptist Church – “Raccoon” John Smith
The following twelve short articles are from the book Twelve Anecdotes from the Life of “Raccoon” John Smith written by Paul Melton. If you are interested in a PDF copy free of charge, please message us.
- Using Greek To Sound Intelligent – P. Melton
- The Pestilence Came And Over A Thousand Obeyed– P. Melton
- “If We Die, Let Us Die Doing Good” – P. Melton
- Say “The Holy Spirit, My Brother” – P. Melton
- Mourners’ Bench or Baptism? – P. Melton
- The Plainness Of The Gospel – P. Melton
- Stealing A Man’s Reputation – P. Melton
- Locked Out, But They Found A Way – P. Melton
- Benches Burned In The Night – P. Melton
- Infant Baptism – P. Melton
- Quoting Scripture In Sermons – P. Melton
- A Lost Colt And Faith Only – P. Melton
CLASSIC SERMONS
Audio sermons (personal favorites): 🔊
- Soldiers of the Cross – Wayne McKamie
- The Kingdom of Heaven – Wayne McKamie
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? – Fred Kirbo
- The Devices of Satan – Fred Kirbo
The Ancient Faith website is a thematic collection of scholarly yet simple Bible essays and sermons, many of which were composed by Restoration preachers such as J.W. McGarvey, Moses Lard, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Campbell. These courageous men of faith through hours of Bible investigation studied themselves out of denominationalism, asking for “the old paths” (Jer. 6:16) and seeking to return to “the faith once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). We join with these men in their fervent plea to restore “the ancient order,” “the ancient gospel” or, as it was sometimes called, “the ancient faith.”