The Place of Sincerity in Religion—No. 1

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.   There are three positions taken on this subject: Some people believe sincerity is all important as indicated by the familiar statement, “It makes no difference what you believe as long…

Objections to Evolution

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Through books, movies, magazine articles, television programs, and other media, the public is constantly bombarded with the evolutionary theories concerning the origin of the universe and the life within it….

Should Preaching Raise or Answer Questions?

Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–2 page.]             Certainly, I believe that preachers should aim at answering questions in the minds of the listeners. Preachers should strive to stay in touch with the questions people have on their…

Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Critical Review

Views: 53[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             In the mid-1970s, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a diminutive book by Richard Bach, captivated American readers, breaking sales records in both hard back and paperback editions, and the movie version played…

New Testament Worship

Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Worship is man’s expression of love, praise, and thanksgiving to God. In the very nature of the case, man does not know how to acceptably worship God apart from His…

The Active Word

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             In Hebrews 4:12, the inspired writer tells us that God’s Word is not only living but “active” (powerful—KJV). Energes is the Greek word here used. It is rendered “effectual”…

The Great Invitation of Christ

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             The entire Gospel message is one great invitation to men to return to God through Christ. However, the classic summary of this Heavenly invitation is in Jesus’ Words of…

Weary in Well-Doing

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.]             We have a real problem concerning members who grow Weary in Well-Doing and/or decide the Truth is just too narrow and drop out. It is very difficult for those…

Studies in Evolution — No. 5

Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Acceptance of the Biblical account of the origin of all things, and particularly of life, requires faith. The believer in the creation of all things by an all-powerful, personal God…

Christian Certainties — No. 3

Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             Because of the philosophies that deny absolutes and advocate relativism and nebulosity for all oral and spiritual issues, it is more necessary than ever that we understand that there…