The Myth of Relativism

Visits: 16[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Is 7 the sum of 2+2? Is “up” above us or below us? Does the law of gravity operate only in certain cultures? Is the rape of a seven-year-old child…

Respect for Scripture

Visits: 13[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Of the law of Moses Jesus said: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven:…

“Law and Love Combining…”

Visits: 31[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page. Priscilla Jane Owens (1829–1907) penned several hymn poems, among them, “Give Me the Bible.” She wrote these lyrics in the 19th century before it became popular—even among theologians—to debunk, demote,…

Intellectual Snobbery—Enlarged

Visits: 22[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction All of humanity profits from the accomplishments of those who have achieved advanced educations. Most of the advancements in technology and medicine and the modern “marvels” we enjoy every day…

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…

Ethics and Morals

Visits: 20[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote the classic novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Whatever else might be said of Dostoyevsky’s 1879 fiction, he grasped one of the essential implications of Atheism, Humanism, and Naturalism….

Early Postmodernism

Visits: 16[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…

Did Jesus Believe in Hell?

Visits: 31[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Hell has fallen on “hard times.” It is rarely mentioned except in a context of cursing, swearing, or deprecation. Some claim to believe it exists but profess to know no…

Cart Before the Horse

Visits: 18[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16), identified both the “horse” and the “cart” in regard to the respective obligations of all mankind: Thou shalt love the…

Animal “Rights” Extremes

Visits: 16[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] People who visit cruel and senseless suffering on lower animal forms are sick and sadistic. Accordingly, there is a place for a voice against such. As is often the case,…