What Is the Church?

Views: 63[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3 page.]             There are many terms used to describe the church in the New Testament which help us to understand the nature and substance of the church.             The church is called…

Have We Surrendered All Modesty?

Views: 76[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             I fear that many parents of youngsters in their teen years have failed to teach them any sense of modesty. Perhaps this is so because many of us didn’t learn…

Shall We Participate in “Promise Keepers”?

Views: 101[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 Perhaps the best way to get this subject before us is to examine the seven promises— the creed—to which those who are members of Promise Keepers must commit themselves: A Promise…

Jesus Describes the Christian Life

Views: 96[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Jesus is the great pattern for every man’s life, according to scripture: “And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his…

The Church and Moral Problems—Immodest Apparel and Worldliness

Views: 59[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The church and the world are to be kept distinct, because they are distinct. There are so many places in the Word of God that emphasize this. In Colossians 1:13 Paul…

When a House Becomes a Home

Views: 114[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The words house and home are often used interchangeably. A $350,000 house may be called a “beautiful home” when it is full of hatred, strife, and unhappiness. It is only a…

Why One Should Be a Christian

Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Some people are not Christians because they’re not willing to count the cost and pay the price. Some have too much pride to humbly obey the Word of Christ. Some…

Why Get Married?

Views: 84 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3   page.] The “Sexual Revolution” of the 1960’s and 1970’s raised questions about the value or even the need for marriage. The continued increase of the divorce rate coming ever nearer…

I’m Sick of Progress!

Views: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Progress is a relative term. To a skunk progress is squirting a hunting dog in the face and escaping. But the dog would not call that “progress.” So with humans. What…

Shall We Participate in “Promise Keepers”?

Views: 222[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Perhaps the best way to get this subject before us is to examine the seven promises— the creed—to which those who are members of Promise Keepers must commit themselves: A Promise…