A Primer on the Meaning of Faith

Views: 104[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction There is hardly a more important subject for mankind to contemplate—and understand— than that of faith. It is a subject (and word) that men widely abuse and misuse. This misunderstanding…

Xmas Xtremes

Views: 90[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] This is the time of year when most people are the happiest, friendliest, most hospitable, and most benevolent. I suppose the reason is what might be termed the “Christmas spirit.” What…

Scriptural “Red Flags” No. 3

Views: 71[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…

Scriptural “Red Flags” No. 1

Views: 72[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The exhortation, Be not deceived, appears several times in the New Testament. Each occurrence prefaces some special danger and should serve as a “red flag” of warning. Accordingly, we will…

Jesus—More Than a Man

Views: 93[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page. One of the songs in the 1970s rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, has Mary Magdalene singing of Him, “He’s a man, He’s just a man.” This view of Jesus is…

“Is That All There Is?”

Views: 70[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote a song thus titled, and Peggy Lee made a hit recording of it in 1969. Its lyrics somewhat reflected the cynicism and cultural breakdown…

God’s Grace is Inclusive

Views: 81 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Because of His abundant love for mankind, God extended His grace universally through the death of Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son: “For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing…

Christmas—That Time of Year Again—Andy McClish

Views: 90[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Undoubtedly, during the holiday season more people (in our culture, at least) will be thinking and talking about the birth of Jesus than at any other time of the year….

The Man to Whom the Lord Will Not Reckon Sin

Views: 134[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The title of this chapter is taken from a declaration by Paul in Romans 4:6–8: Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from…

Realized Eschatology and Exposition of Daniel 12

Views: 192[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Some Preliminary Considerations To mutilate some lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43, “By how many names do we know thee? Let us count the names:” “Kingism,” “AD 70 Theology,” “Realized Eschatology,” “Preterism,” “Covenant…