Visions of Judgment upon Jerusalem—Ezekiel 8-11

Visits: 34[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The beginning of the eighth chapter of Ezekiel is reminiscent of the beginning of the first chapter. They both begin with the announcement of a time element, which is given for the…

Biblical Principles and Moral Decisions

Visits: 18[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Confronting temptations to “cross the line” that separates moral from immoral behavior is as old as Adam and Eve. Temptation may involve money, deceit, pride, sex, power, or other elements. For those…

Flawed Principles for Making Moral Decisions

Visits: 17[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Making moral decisions has to do with confronting day-by-day temptations and behavior options. Everyone operates by some set of “moral standards” that determine his/her behavior, even if they are immoral….

Musings on “The Journalism of Hate”

Visits: 24[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] The Gospel Journal (TGJ, henceforth) was not begun primarily to engage in direct confrontation with either periodicals or persons. However, it certainly does not contradict our published editorial aims to be…

Jerusalem From Three Perspectives—Isaiah 2–4

Visits: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 In Isaiah 1 the prophet unleashed numerous denunciations of God’s people that spanned the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. Judah and Jerusalem (especially Jerusalem) had become so corrupt that God sarcastically…

America’s Bible Roots

Visits: 12[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Dark forces in our nation are waging a powerful crusade to obliterate any connection between the founding of our nation and the Bible. That the men who wrote our Bill of…