Fools—Ancient and Modern

Visits: 16Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]  …because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are…

Early Postmodernism

Visits: 19[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “Postmodernism” is the ascendant philosophy. To mention postmodernism implies its antecedent, modernism. Modernism attempts to explain all things by nature. It arose in 19th-century Germany, about the time Darwin published…

The Man to Whom the Lord Will Not Reckon Sin

Visits: 62[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The title of this chapter is taken from a declaration by Paul in Romans 4:6–8: Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from…

Principles for Making Moral Decisions

Visits: 86[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction             When we speak of “morals,” “morality,” “mores,” and that which is “moral,” what do we mean? This family of English words is the transliteration of a Latin term, moralis,…

Another Response on Humanism.

Visits: 58[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] How strange it is that those who pride themselves in being most liberal toward and tolerant of every philosophy, lifestyle, and religion can be exceedingly intolerant toward those whom they judge to…

Heat and Light

Visits: 39[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.               The winter season gives us vivid reminders of the need for heat. Without it we would freeze. The approaching darkness each evening reminds us of the need for light….

“Balanced” Preaching

Visits: 7[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             The quality of balance lends grace, order, and beauty almost to anything. The work of preaching the Gospel is no exception. God’s Word contains descriptions of the balance with which…

A “Convenient” God

Visits: 55[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]            Two or three generations ago the vast majority of Americans believed in the one true and living God, Whose existence the universe declares (Psa. 19:1–2) and Whose…