“Put Things Right”

Views: 126[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] NASA launched Voyager Spacecrafts 1 and 2 in 1977. They continue to make space exploration history on several counts. After sending back stunning pictures of Saturn (1980), Uranus (1986), and Neptune…

Heat and Light

Views: 95[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.               The winter season gives us vivid reminders of the need for heat. Without it we would freeze. The approaching darkness each evening reminds us of the need for light….

Morals in an Immoral Age

Views: 203[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction It is no secret to those of us who have lived a few decades that our nation has suffered a catastrophic decline in moral principle and behavior over this span. Those…

Ben Franklin Spanks Tom Paine

Views: 110[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Tom Paine was a colonial patriot, credited by some with being the “Father of the American Revolution.” He was given this moniker chiefly for his January 1776 pro-independence pamphlet titled Common Sense,…

Ruled by Law or by Men?

Views: 156[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page.] Only two kinds of civil government exist: The rule of law or the rule of men. When law prevails (assuming its nobility), all are treated equally because law is objective, and plays no…

“Hell at Last!”

Views: 111[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] To believe in Heaven is to believe in Hell, just as the Bible, especially the New Testament, depicts both of them. Concerning the unrighteous and the righteous, respectively, at The Judgment,…

Religious “Dinos”

Views: 129[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Acronyms have long been popular, especially in government and politics. Two of these in current use relate to the major political parties. Members of the Republican Party who vote for liberal policies are…

Denominational Attitudes and Tactics Among Brethren

Views: 102[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Back in 1962, most of the erroneous religious principles I addressed in my preaching and writing were apparent in the denominational world. Now, along with many other Gospel preachers, I find…

Does the Truth Need Defending?

Views: 57[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction It is becoming increasingly popular to take the position that the Truth does not need to be defended. In their mad rush to avoid what they label “negativism,” some have taken…

Authority Structures in Local Churches

Views: 76[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction My two-fold responsibility in the assignment to write this material is to discuss the following: (1) situations in congregations which have no eldership and which must depend upon committees and/or trustees…