Principles for Making Moral Decisions

Views: 154[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction             When we speak of “morals,” “morality,” “mores,” and that which is “moral,” what do we mean? This family of English words is the transliteration of a Latin term, moralis,…

Micaiah —Lessons from a Little–Known Prophet

Views: 111[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction We call the twelve authors of the short prophetic books “minor prophets.” In actuality there are no minor prophets among those who have been faithful to God. Not all of…

“Put Things Right”

Views: 136[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] NASA launched Voyager Spacecrafts 1 and 2 in 1977. They continue to make space exploration history on several counts. After sending back stunning pictures of Saturn (1980), Uranus (1986), and Neptune…

Parental Abdication

Views: 104[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.]             Without a doubt parents can be too stern and severe with their children. Paul referred to this possibility when he warned, “Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be…

Christian Evidences

Views: 113[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Study of Christian evidences is the study of matters that give substance to the claims of the Gospel and its principal figure, Jesus Christ. Such evidences are usually divided into…

A Gruesome Anniversary

Views: 64[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Pharaoh of Moses’ time decreed that every male Hebrew was to be slain at birth (Exo. 1:16, 22). All civilized men consider him to be unspeakably cruel and immoral (Acts…

Which Jesus?

Views: 112[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.]              Modern folk—scholar, ruler, and commoner alike—who still profess to believe in God have nevertheless in many cases eschewed the fact that He created them. Contrariwise, denying God’s revelation of…

Ben Franklin Spanks Tom Paine

Views: 111[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Tom Paine was a colonial patriot, credited by some with being the “Father of the American Revolution.” He was given this moniker chiefly for his January 1776 pro-independence pamphlet titled Common Sense,…

On Civil Disobedience

Views: 119[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Only two spheres/sources of authority exist—human and Divine: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s” (Mat. 22:21; cf. 21:25). Divine authority…

“Liberalism” and “Anti-ism”—Two Erroneous Extremes

Views: 279[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction History reveals that men are susceptible to extremes in almost every arena of thought and behavior. This is no more clearly demonstrable than in the field of religion. A classic illustration…