[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Even inspired men have acknowledged that some passages of Scripture are “hard to be understood” (2 Pet. 3:16).1 Peter warned in this same verse that “the ignorant and unstedfast wrest” such passages…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Pharaoh of Moses’ time ordered that every male Hebrew was to be slain at birth (Exo. 1:16, 22). He is remembered in Scripture (and by all right-thinking men) as an…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] God pronounced judgment on the foolish farmer who had stockpiled his harvests with only one aim—selfish indulgence. In one breath God told him he would die that night and asked him,…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] “The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride and arrogancy…do I hate” (Pro. 8:13). The Bible deals with few sins more explicitly than with pride. Scripture is piled upon Scripture…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In his brief New Testament letter, Jude wrote of “the way of Cain” (v. 11). Genesis 4 tells us that Cain was the first human being to be born of human…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Either consciously or unconsciously, everyone has one or more role models whom he seeks to imitate. Jesus Christ alone has the right to be such because He lived a flawless life…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The spirit of humble service is one of the great themes of the Bible. Jesus said, “And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Mat. 20:27). He…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] When Jesus reminded the apostles of His own service to others, He used it as an example of how they should serve (Mat. 20:27). He taught them that true greatness lay…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In 1 Peter 5:5–6, we read the following significant exhortation: “Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another; for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The apostolic church enjoyed common meals in their places of worship, and these meals were formally designated by the term, “love feasts” (or agapais in the Greek language). Jude 12 and…
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