The Mission of God’s People

Views: 79[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…

Is the Guilty Party Free to Remarry?

Views: 129[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Among the several views relating to marriage, divorce and remarriage which have gained some following in recent years is the view that a fornicating spouse (who has been divorced by…

How to Handle the Gospel

Views: 71[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Paul told Timothy to “handle aright the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). This passage also tells us that God’s approval depends upon our handling the Gospel properly. What does…

How Does the Holy Spirit Lead?

Views: 54 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] One is not a child of God, a Christian, unless he is led by the Spirit: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are  sons…

The Ultimate Perversion

Views: 67[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…

On Penknives and the Bible—No. 5

Views: 91[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]  At the end of the 7th century BC, Jehoiakim was the king of Judah in the waning days of that nation. On one occasion, Jeremiah’s inspired doom of the king…

On Penknives and the Bible—No. 3

Views: 49[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             After the fashion of Jehoiakim, the ungodly sixth-century BC king of Judah, many today do figuratively the same thing he did literally—take their “penknives” to portions of the Bible…

Miracles in our Time?

Views: 52[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Many modern religionists claim the power to perform the same miracles and signs as those recorded in the Bible. Claiming and doing are two different things. Some can make claims…

Religious Pluralism

Views: 72 Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles page.]  The term pluralism, when applied to religion, lauds diversity. Wikipedia states: “religious pluralism holds that no single religion can claim absolute authority to teach absolute truth.” It insists that various religions (e.g.,…

Reject, But Don’t Deny #3

Views: 71[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] At only two moments of history has the majority of mankind revered the will of its Creator—in the Garden of Eden before Eve sinned (Gen. 3:6) and after the Flood…