Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 3 (The Book of Leviticus)

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Leviticus is the center book of the five books of the Law of Moses, both numerically and by subject matter. Its name derives from the priestly tribe of Levi and literally…

Some Thoughts on Writing, Editing, and Publishing

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Those who write, edit, and publish material for others to read have weighty responsibilities that “go with the territory.” This is especially true of those who produce religious materials (e.g., church bulletins,…

The Ethic of Honesty

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.          Introduction Willard Sperry tells an interesting story in the book, We Prophesy in Part, of a 19th century preacher of some repute.1 He preached the same sermon in three different New York churches…

Symptoms and Causes

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The best doctors are those who, where possible, can diagnose the cause of an illness accurately and give proper medication or treatment for it, rather than merely treating the symptoms. Our…

The Bible and Work

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] It is interesting to observe differences between older and younger generations of people. One of the most striking differences has to do with moral values of the respective generations. Another difference has…

Things that Keep Me Going

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] No person ever lived that never became discouraged, including such spiritual giants as our Lord and the apostle Paul (Mat. 23:37; Acts 28:15; 1 Cor. 2:3; et al.). When perverse men…

Ethics and Morals

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote the classic novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Whatever else might be said of Dostoyevsky’s 1879 fiction, he grasped one of the essential implications of Atheism, Humanism, and Naturalism. He…

The Principle of “Ought”

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles  2 page.]             Believers can’t deny that some who claim to be “Christians” are odd (said oddities occurring not because of, but in spite of the Bible). Believers don’t have a patent on…

Life Begins at Conception—So Abortion Is Murder

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] January 22, 2022 marks the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. In that span more than 61,670,000 totally innocent, helpless human beings have been slain in the womb,…

Exposition of Jeremiah 1:4–10

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction             The time was about 1500 B.C. The chilling words of warning from Jehovah to Israel through Moses were these: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the…