Is This What They Mean by Balance?

Views: 183[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The Forest Hill congregation (FH) in Memphis, Tennessee, oversees and is the home of Memphis School of Preaching (MSOP), both of which have for years commanded my utmost respect, support, and…

Is Matthew 19:3–12 Really So Hard to Understand?

Views: 105[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said, Have…

Elders—Their Crucial Role

Views: 96[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] When the Lord Jesus returned to the Father, He first entrusted the church to the apostles (Mat. 16:18–19; John 14:16–18), who had the responsibility of receiving the revealed Word (John 16:13)…

A Perpetual Pitfall of Preachers

Views: 99[Note:  This MS is available in a larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction I made my first miserable attempt at preaching a Gospel sermon in July 1954 to a Sunday evening assembly of the old Fourth and Bannock Streets Church in Boise,…

Who Is Your Master?

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] We must clearly decide whom we will serve. Jesus said, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he…

The Weak Weapons of Men

Views: 76[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In the contest with evil we must remember that, while we oppose men who serve Satan, our real foe is Satan: “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,…

The Myth of Relativism

Views: 70[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Is 7 the sum of 2+2? Is “up” above us or below us? Does the law of gravity operate only in certain cultures? Is the rape of a seven-year-old child…

The Conflict is Real

Views: 88[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Many go through life not realizing that a conflict between good and evil, Truth and error, is raging about them. Some do not perceive the conflict, having become convinced that…

Suffering for Jesus’ Sake

Views: 61[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Faithfulness to Christ cannot be measured apart from willingness to suffer for His sake. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said: Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’…

Stand Fast and Fight

Views: 69[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…