Joshua’s Victories of Faith—Joshua 11:1–23

Visits: 14[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page.] Introduction The first ten chapters of Joshua give the history of Israel’s crossing of the Jordan, their campaigns against the cities of Jericho and Ai, and the conquest of the Southern…

Atheism—Is It Reasonable?

Visits: 18[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] All forms of atheism (e.g., anti-theism, naturalism, humanism, evolutionism, materialism) allege that Christianity is unreasonable and irrational—its adherents all dupes of “blind faith.” Atheists aver that believers in God, the Bible,…

Joshua—Who Did as the Lord Bade Him

Visits: 13[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manscripts page.] Introduction Joshua was one of the outstanding characters in all of history. The key to his greatness is found in Joshua 11:9: “And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he…

Disinherited Children

Visits: 16[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Joan Crawford, the famous movie star of several decades back, left some of her children out of her will. She was not the first to do so, nor is she…

The Principle of Restoration in the Battle for Truth

Visits: 11[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction This subject deals with attitude. Neither restoration nor maintenance of the church of Christ is possible apart from the proper and wholesome attitude toward Truth. Paul wrote of the crucial importance…

Darwinism and Morality

Visits: 13[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page. Until around the 1960s in America, lasciviousness, adultery, and fornication were almost universally deemed reprehensible. Divorce was shameful, pornography was underground, and homosexuality was illegal. These elements are now on…

God’s Providence as Seen in the Lives of Elijah and Ahab

Visits: 13[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Our English word, providence, comes from the Latin word, providentia, meaning foresight or to foresee. The equivalent Greek word is pronoia, but, ironically, it is not used in reference to God…

Laid Back, Hip—and Irreverent?

Visits: 14[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief articles 1 page.] The general abandonment of decorum in society over a couple of generations has obviously had its impact on the Lord’s people—especially observable in our worship assemblies. I preached in a…

Stand Fast or Compromise

Visits: 16[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] The whole point of a soldier’s being well-armed is not for the parade ground, the reviewing stand, or mock maneuvers, but for the field of combat. The reason we are to…

Little Word—Big Meaning

Visits: 14[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Jesus once said, “We must work the works of him that sent me…” (John 9:4). Must refers to that which is necessary, indispensable, required, or obligatory. What are some things…