About This Ministry

The Gospel Broadcasting Association is the Christian evangelical and
Bible-teaching ministry of Russell Lee Harris. The purpose of the
ministry is to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, and to
accurately exposit the Scripture for edification of the Church, the Body
of Christ Jesus.

I. "Gospel" is an Old English word meaning "glad tidings." There is
but one true Gospel, the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. The Gospel is
the good news which Christ Jesus and the Apostles proclaimed and
taught.^[1] The Gospel is the tidings that the long-awaited Kingdom of
God has become a reality. The Kingdom was prophesied in the Garden, by
the declaration that the heel of the Seed of the Woman would crush the
head of the Seed of the Serpent. Proclamation of the Gospel began two
thousand years ago, when the King, Christ Jesus, ascended into Heaven
and was seated upon the revived Throne of David, thus commencing his
everlasting reign.

Generation after generation, men are called to enter the Way of Life by
faith for Justification^[2] and Baptism for the Remission of Sins.^[3]
These die in confidence of the Resurrection Out From the Dead. They
are resurrected as the Sons of God, and are placed as the officers of
the everlasting Kingdom of God. Not until the Resurrection shall the
name of God the Father be hallowed in all the Earth, and the will of the
Father be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.^[4]

II. The name, "The Gospel Broadcasting Association," reflects the
Scriptural portrayal of the Gospel as seed, with men being the soil upon
which the Gospel is sown. Long before the advent of radio and
television, the term "broadcasting" was an agricultural term; seed sown
by hand is "cast broadly" over the field.^[5] Sadly, in the present day,
most people associate the term "gospel" not with the glad tidings of the
Kingdom of Heaven, but with a genre of religious music which has little
if any relationship to the Kingdom or with a counterfeit, the Protestant
Gospel of Personal Salvation.

III. The term "association" in our name reflects the fact that the
Evangelist, in order to devote his full time to the study of the
Scripture and proclamation and teaching of the Gospel, must be dependent
upon the support of other Christians. Indeed, in the days of the
Apostles, an Evangelist typically received support from one or more
local congregations, as well as from a multiplicity of individuals. The
supporters constitute the figurative "feet" of the Evangelist, bearing
and transporting him as he goes about the business of proclaiming and
teaching the Gospel. Such individuals are the object of special blessing
by the Lord, who deems them "beautiful."^[6]

This ministry is supported by the tithes of those who receive teaching
from this ministry, together with the offerings of those who understand
the responsibility of the Christian to send forth and support men as
Evangelists to proclaim and teach the Gospel of the Kingdom of
God.^[7] Fellow Christians are invited to join in the support of this
ministry, both financially and through prayer.

IV. Our publications range from brief, informal Bible notes to
in-depth, scholarly topical studies and verse-by-verse exposition of the
Scripture. Everything we publish is made available without charge; we
have nothing to sell.

V. The Internet is the primary means by which we publish and
distribute our teaching.

All of the material which we publish is posted on the ministry Web Site
in the universal, printer-friendly PDF format. We also are working to
produce all documents in the universal EPUB format, for use on devices
such as e-book readers and smartphones. Feedback and suggestions from
those who use such devices is valuable and welcome.

VI. The ministry blog, Bible Expositor's Notes, at
www.bibleexpositorsnotes.org, facilitates timely communication. Its
focus is upon brief and informal commentary-style discussions of
enigmatic and problematic passages of Scripture which teachers generally
misunderstand. It also provides a platform for commentary regarding
world events as viewed from the perspective of the Scripture.

Russell Lee Harris