A Weighty Principle

Views: 74[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Paul urges, “But I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil” (Rom. 16:19b). There is a weighty principle of truth in…

Living the Life of Dogs (Warnings About Dogs)—Philippians 3:1-2

Views: 86[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe. Beware of the dogs, beware of…

Worldliness

Views: 62[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] The word worldliness does not appear in the standard versions of the Bible, but the trait is referred to often. Worldliness is the condition of being worldly. The “world” God’s…

Who Will Win?

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] To the entire ungodly world, it appears that Truth and goodness are weak. Most certainly, error and evil have the vast majority of men and the preponderance of wealth and…

“Whatsoever a Man Soweth…”

Views: 100[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] A bountiful, but bitter harvest of dishonor, immorality, profanity, drug/drink addiction, and cold secularism have become commonplace in our beautiful America. These behaviors extend from the powerless and poor through…

The Wickedness of Pride

Views: 82[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…

Stand Fast and Fight

Views: 68[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The whole point of a soldier’s being well-armed is not for the parade ground, the reviewing stand, or mock maneuvers, but for the field of combat. The reason we are…

Scriptural “Red Flags” No. 3

Views: 64[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In 1 Corinthians 15:33 is another be not deceived passage, sending up a “red flag” of warning: “Be not deceived: evil companionships corrupt good morals” (ASV). This warning in the…

Satan And His Devices

Views: 65[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Just as God is depicted from the beginning of the Bible as the source of all that is good, pure, and true, Satan is identified as a spirit-being who is…

People Are Impressed  

Views: 80[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Some people are so self-conscious about what others think about them as to be unbalanced. They slink around, afraid to speak or act, for fear that someone will criticize them. They…