Man Must Obey God  

Views: 3[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] As the Israelites approached Sinai on their journey from the Red Sea to Canaan, they murmured against God. This time they complained because of hunger, accusing Moses of bringing them…

“Mainline” or “Sidetrack”?

Views: 1[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] In a syndicated newspaper column a few years ago, William Murchison laid bare the insipidity of the liberalism of certain “mainline” Protestant denominations. He based his column on a poll…

Lost Souls on Pentecost

Views: 3[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] The first Pentecost Day after Jesus’ ascension to Heaven found a throng in Jerusalem from “every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5). Of that number, about 3,000 obeyed the apostolic message…

“It Fills a Space”

Views: 1[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] I have been reading church bulletins more six decades. I have served as editor of church bulletins for over five decades. At one time, the mailbox of the church where…

Is the Church of Christ a Denomination?

Views: 1[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–1  page.] It is apparent that many members of the church conceive of the church of Christ as merely a denomination. Such statements as “I am a Church of Christer,” “I am a…

Impressed With Numbers

Views: 1[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] We notice it when a business or service attracts a large clientele. An advertisement recently stated, “15 million people can’t be wrong.” Likewise, when a religious group manifests rapid numerical…

God’s Grace is Inclusive

Views: 3 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Because of His abundant love for mankind, God extended His grace universally through the death of Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son: “For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing…

God…Hath Spoken

Views: 2 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Hebrews 1:1–2 contains numerous points of Biblical Truth: God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the…

Fully Armed

Views: 1 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Because Satan is such a formidable foe, and we are so weak by ourselves, we must be well-armed. The armament which the Lord supplies is sufficient, both for protection and…

Early Postmodernism

Views: 2[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…