Judge Not-So-Bad-Win

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–1 page.] The incident I discuss below could serve as a “Saturday Night Life” script. It might be something to laugh at if it were fictional, but it isn’t. It demonstrates just how far…

Six Reasons Why

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.]             Every Sunday morning, Bible classes for every age are conducted in congregations across the world. Lamentably, many of our people do not take advantage of these classes. Often children are prevented…

Some Things You Might Never Know if You Didn’t Count the Contribution

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]              It fell my lot to count the contribution one week back in 1973. It was an eye-opener! First, I got an insight into what some of our families did and…

A Time To Be Hardheaded

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The call and commission of Ezekiel to be the prophet of God among the exiled Jews in Babylon is interesting. God said to the prophet: Behold, I have made thy face…

The Appropriateness of Warnings

[Note: This MS is available in a larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] When compared with his letters to the Corinthians, the Galatians, or to Timothy and Titus, Paul’s letter to the Philippians is couched in very mild terms. The Philippian Church was apparently…

To Remain Faithful to Christ, a Christian Must Keep Informed About Church History, Current Events in the Church Universal, and World Events Impacting the Church

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Seven hundred fifty years before Jesus’ birth, Hosea, on behalf of God, denounced Israel’s ignorance and its consequence: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I…

Elders—Their Crucial Role

[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) and…

Exposition of Jeremiah 1:4–10

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction             The time was about 1500 B.C. The chilling words of warning from Jehovah to Israel through Moses were these: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the…

Are Alien Sinners Amenable to the Law of Christ?

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction It is exceedingly strange that anyone claiming to be informed in the Word of God would deny that alien sinners are accountable to the law of Christ. However, there have been in…