Strength for Sufferings

Views: 73[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page. Satan will see that “. . . all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Tim. 3:12). Peter wrote some words designed to produce courage in the…

The “Santa Claus” Syndrome

Views: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The song I was taught as a youngster said, concerning “Santa Claus,” “He’s makin’ a list and checkin’ it twice, gonna’ find out who’s naughty or nice.” Somehow, that view…

The Road to Repentance

Views: 65[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In Romans 2:4 Paul declares that God leads men to repent by the goodness He expresses to us. The goodness of God refers to His favors and expressions of love….

How God Wants Us to Give

Views: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page. There is nothing more basic to Christianity than giving. Salvation through Christ and His church is the result of God’s inestimable gift of His only begotten Son (John. 3:16). The Christ…

The Mission of God’s People

Views: 85[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In speaking of “mission” we refer to more than activities in which we might legitimately engage. We refer to the purpose and aim of one’s activities. Upon what principal point…

The Ultimate Perversion

Views: 5[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] A new movie will be thrown on the theater screens September 23 [1988] from Universal Studios in Hollywood. Unscrupulous, money-hungry, amoral movie producers have produced some awful things in the…

Why Miracles?

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.]             Why did God empower men in the first century to work miracles? One of the Biblical words for “miracle” (semeion) provides a clue. This word connotes an act…

Reject, But Don’t Deny—#1

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] God has never forced anyone to obey Him. Likewise, Jesus Christ, His Son, never coerced anyone to serve Him. Rather, He invites men to follow Him: “Come unto me…” (Mat. 11:28)….

The Gospel of Christ Is Unchanged and Unchanging

Views: 89[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The cry for change was the main theme of William Jefferson Clinton and a press biased toward him in the 1992 presidential campaign. This cry was what swept him into office…