The Barren Fig Tree Cursed and Withered—Mark 11:12-25

Views: 57[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Introduction When Jesus cursed the fig tree on the way to Jerusalem from Bethany it appears that his principal intent was to demonstrate God’s judgment upon fruitlessness and hypocrisy, especially…

What Is True Christian Unity Worth?

Views: 72[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] To speak of true Christian unity implies that a unity may exist that is less than truly Christian. There may indeed be a true unity in religious matters without its…

Preaching a Positive Gospel

Views: 59[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] More and more over the past few years we have heard how desperately we need to hear “positive preaching.” I would guess that there are few preachers around who haven’t…

Reflections on the “Restoration Summit”

Views: 87 [Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Manuscripts page.]   On August 7-9, 1984, a meeting billed as a “Restoration Summit” was conducted at Joplin, Missouri. The “Summit” was first conceived and suggested by brother Alan Cloyd of Nashville, Tennessee, in…

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 “One Faith” of Ephesians 4:5

Views: 126[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,…

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. 4

Views: 88[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             After the fashion of Jehoiakim, the ungodly 6th century BC king of Judah, many today do in essence the same thing he actually did—take their “penknives” to portions of the…

Noah, the “Legalist” 

Views: 102[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] When theological liberals want to cast the strongest possible aspersion on those who still believe God said what He means and means what He says in the Bible, they call…