Righteousness Exalts A Nation

Views: 122[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] [Author’s Note: I wrote this article in advance of the 2012 Presidential election.] Our nation is in manifold difficulties that threaten to destroy the America the Founders envisioned and of…

Preparing for Persecution

Views: 106[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] I excerpted the quoted material below from my MS for the 17th Annual Denton Lectures (1998), conducted by the old Pearl St. church here in Denton. Please keep this date…

When God Talks…

Views: 84[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] In the 1980s a brokerage firm aired a series of TV commercials, using the theme, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.” These ads effectively implied the authority of its sponsor…

The Doctrine of Divorce—Ancient and Modern

Views: 105[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Carl Rowan, syndicated newspaper columnist, wrote an article appearing in the San Angelo [TX] Standard-Times edition of February 18, 1970, titled, “Divorce Increase Cause of Troubles.” In his article Rowan…

Discussion Between Eddie Whitten and Dub McClish on Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

Views: 234Discussion Between Eddie Whitten and Dub McClish on Marriage, Divorce, And Remarriage [Note: Eddie Whitten, a brother in Christ sent his first letter to Dub McClish by regular mail. It was undated but was postmarked May 4, 2005.] F.E. (Eddie) Whitten 1102 N. Paseo…

Practical Suggestions and Examples for Christian Women—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 81[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] There is little in the Word of God in the way of detailed and specific instructions for women of God. Therefore, these suggestions are simply that: possible ways of applying the…

On “Evolving Standards”

Views: 94[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction The Associated Press began a news story a few years ago as follows: The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday [March 1, 2005] that the Constitution forbids the execution of killers who…

Is Matthew 19:3–12 Really So Hard to Understand?

Views: 104[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said, Have…

Finances in the Home—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 89[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] We are here getting into a delicate and touchy subject: how to handle money. This is a highly individual matter, and there is no set of rules that applies to…

“Career Women”—Lavonne McClish

Views: 93[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.]             A full-page ad appeared in the “Career Women” section of the Denton, Texas Record-Chronicle on March 29, 2000. The page was headlined, “Once upon a time…Women were housewives & mothers,…