Preachers in Prison
Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] God’s preachers are in prison yet, But unlike Paul of old; The bars and chains God’s preachers get Today, are manifold. Paul’s habitat was likely…
Category: Truth
The Principle of Restoration in the Battle for Truth
Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction This subject deals with attitude. Neither restoration nor maintenance of the church of Christ is possible apart from the proper and wholesome attitude toward Truth. Paul wrote of the crucial importance…
Strong and Fully Armed
Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction A recurring metaphor in the New Testament likens the church to a spiritual army and its members to soldiers (Phi. 2:25; 1 The. 5:8; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:3–4;…
Grapes of Thorns?
Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the process of warning about the grave dangers of listening to false prophets, Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or…
Fickle Subjectivism
Views: 124[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Our times are characterized by religious convictions based solely upon feelings and experiences. This phenomenon has always been a trademark of Pentecostalism, but it now infects and affects all of…
Denominationalism—Its Causes, Contradictions, Consequences, and Cures
Views: 62[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Apple Online Dictionary defines the religious connotation of denomination as “a recognized autonomous branch of the Christian Church.” The honest and perceptive student of Scripture realizes that Christianity in the…
Will God “Understand”?
Views: 88[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] In God’s inspired Word, the Bible, He has revealed everything anyone can know about His mind and will. Either He means what He says in His Word, or He doesn’t. If…
The Church—Its Uniqueness, Distinctiveness, and “Exceptionalism”
Views: 6[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page. Introduction While fighting a war against terrorism that seeks to destroy our nation from without, it is also in the throes of a crucial civil war. This war is not (at…
Christian “Haters”
Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The title above is admittedly ambiguous. It can mean “Christians who express hatred,” or it can mean “those who hate Christianity.” The latter meaning describes a growing “norm” of attitude…
Selective Postmodernism
Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Postmodernism is the buzzword for today’s sophisticates who purport to have transcended the outmoded standards that have well served mankind from the beginning and Western Civilization for centuries. It has adversely…
