The Life that Frees From Anxiety

Views: 127[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Often our lives are like a two-sided coin.  The positive side is stamped with emotions like contentment, peace of mind, happiness, and joy. The opposite, negative side contains stress, anxiety, worry,…

Some Things You Might Never Know if You Didn’t Count the Contribution

Views: 89[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]              It fell my lot to count the contribution one week back in 1973. It was an eye-opener! First, I got an insight into what some of our families did…

The Curse of Profanity

Views: 100[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The New Testament Greek word translated profane in our English versions comes from the Greek word for threshold. A threshold is accessible to all, thus those who pass over it are…

The Hardest Gift to Give

Views: 62[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In our affluent economy of the past two generations many luxuries have become common place. With the steadily increasing power of television and its commercial pitch, our children have come…

Acappella and the Acappella Vocal Band

Views: 135[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] The musical group, “Acappella” and its corollary, the “Acappella Vocal Band,” have become extremely popular among brethren (especially “youth directors” and young people) in recent years. What is the origin of…

“Come Forth, My People”—No. 11

Views: 64[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Saints who want to be loyal to the Truth often find themselves in a congregation nowadays that no longer is. When urged to leave and find a faithful church, they may…

“Come Forth, My People”—No. 7

Views: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] We encourage the reader to read the previous articles on this topic, in which we postulated that thousands of good, earnest Christians who want to be faithful to Christ now find…

“Come Forth, My People”—No.  4

Views: 97[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Those who are determined to faithfully serve God sometimes find themselves allied with those who decidedly are not. This applies to many members of congregations that still wear the name “church…

“Come Forth, My People”—No. 3

Views: 86[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] God’s faithful people of the first century were strongly warned concerning the impending destruction of “Babylon”: Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins,…

Blessings That Are Burdens

Views: 73[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] I once heard a corny story about a bunch of crows that gorged themselves in a California prune grove. When they had finished, they jumped up on an old plow handle…