[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-2 page.] God certainly requires us to be sincere in our practice of religion. Insincerity and hypocrisy are intolerable to God (Mat. 6:1–18); 23:4–5; 24:51, etc). However, the popular phrase concerning religion, “It…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page. Introduction Willard Sperry tells an interesting story in the book, We Prophesy in Part, of a 19th century preacher of some repute.1 He preached the same sermon in three different New York churches…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The words house and home are often used interchangeably. A $350,000 house may be called a “beautiful home” when it is full of hatred, strife, and unhappiness. It is only a beautiful…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] There are some perverted folk who enjoy strife and controversy. Some actually revel in a good fight or even in warfare. I am sure that most folk prefer peaceful relations with…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] It is not unusual to hear all sorts of dishonesty and everyday cheating justified by the lame excuse, “Nobody got hurt.” Abe Lincoln did not so reason. Remember the time…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] A full-page ad appeared in the “Career Women” section of the Denton, Texas Record-Chronicle on March 29, 2000. The page was headlined, “Once upon a time…Women were housewives & mothers, but…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Bible constantly exhorts its readers to godly living. The worldly-minded ridicule godliness, believing it only means hardship and deprivation. The Bible says it pays: “Godliness is profitable for all things…”…
[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] On one occasion when Jesus was warning His disciples about the peril of riches and materialism, the money-loving Pharisees heard His teaching and ridiculed Him: And he said unto them, Ye…
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