Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Several years ago, a family visited the Lord’s day morning assembly where I preached. In conversation with them afterward they asked some questions: “What sort of program do you have…
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…
Views: 138[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction In the early 1960s I was a young preacher, not long out of Abilene Christian College. I well remember the lively brotherhood discussion of the Man or the plan controversy (actually,…
Views: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] God has so structured our existence in this life that honest work is fulfilling, beneficial, honorable, and required of all mature, able-bodied people (Gen. 2:15; 2 The. 3:10–14). However, our…
Views: 104[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. Grace may be the most beautiful and significant word in the Bible, for none will be saved except by the grace of God (Eph. 2:8). This word refers to God’s…
Views: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page. One of the most constant complaints of employers is the difficulty of finding employees who want to and will work. A great paradox of our times is that millions remain…
Views: 99[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the spring of year when many people just naturally feel like tilling soil, planting things, and growing things. The weather has turned warmer, the sun seems to shine more,…
Views: 84[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Some members of the church are far too modest in their assessment of what they can do to help the Lord’s cause. Many have convinced themselves that they cannot do…
Views: 59[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Protestantism generally denies that baptism is a condition of salvation from sin. It often does so, averring that it is a “work” and by which one cannot be saved. Clearly,…
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