The Quest for Excellence

Views: 89[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–2 page.]             Any person or organization that provides a service and is interested in enlarging its service to others must strive for excellence. The striving for quality and dependability in the service…

Spirituality

Views: 36[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] “Spirituality” is the state or condition of being spiritual, that is, of attending to and being influenced by the spirit world, rather than merely by the material world. “Spirituality” is…

Spiritual Strength Is Available

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Paul commanded, “Be strong in the Lord” (Eph. 6:10). The fact that we are ordered to be spiritually strengthened necessarily implies that it is possible for us to attain such…

Some Signs of Spiritual Decline

Views: 81[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. A deadly disease attacked our beautiful native live oak trees several decades ago called “live oak decline.” It was identifiable by branches that gradually lost their leaves and died. Tragically,…

The Quest for Spirituality

Views: 66[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] “The church is not spiritual.” “That man (perhaps an elder is named) is not spiritual.” “Our worship is not spiritual.” Such statements may be true, but they may also be…

The Mission of God’s People

Views: 85[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…

Dedicated Parents

Views: 83[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] There are admittedly many factors, involving both inheritance and environment, that may affect the overall development of children. Surely, it will not be denied that there is no single factor…

Practical Suggestions and Examples for Christian Women—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 81[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] There is little in the Word of God in the way of detailed and specific instructions for women of God. Therefore, these suggestions are simply that: possible ways of applying the…

Back to Biblical Grace

Views: 75[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] While Jerry and Patricia Norton were viewing the latest recorded episode of “24,” they were interrupted by a phone call. Caller ID indicated it was their neighbor, Bobby Crandall, two doors down…

Worldliness

Views: 67[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…