Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Critical Review

[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 to…

New Testament Worship

[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 revelation….

The Active Word

[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” in…

The Great Invitation of Christ

[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 Matthew…

Weary in Well-Doing

[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 who…

Studies in Evolution — No. 5

[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 readily…

Christian Certainties — No. 3

[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 are…

Preaching to Needs

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The ideal sermon deals with the needs of those in the pew. The unending quest of those who preach must be to find the real needs of people and meet them with…

“Narrow” Teachings of the New Testament

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Truth, whether historical, scientific, philosophical, mathematical, or religious is always narrow and exclusive. The truth that four is the sum of two plus two is very narrow and excludes all other…

“Narrow” Truth

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             Our age is dominated by broadmindedness and super-tolerance. Things that were done in the dark corners a few decades ago are now openly done because of this “anything goes” attitude….