Views: 717[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The general election of November 2008 was historic: The first black president of the United States was elected. However, his convictions far outweigh his race in making this election historically significant….
Views: 94[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…
Views: 85[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] It is a sad fact that the majority of humankind in every generation rejects God by rejecting His Word. Such was all but universal in the wicked age of Noah;…
Views: 122[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] [Author’s Note: I wrote this article in advance of the 2012 Presidential election.] Our nation is in manifold difficulties that threaten to destroy the America the Founders envisioned and of…
Views: 106[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] I excerpted the quoted material below from my MS for the 17th Annual Denton Lectures (1998), conducted by the old Pearl St. church here in Denton. Please keep this date…
Views: 160Introduction Paul wrote the exhortation contained in the title above to Archippus, a member of the Colossian Congregation. Ministry is from a cognate of the Greek word from which translators gave us deacon. It simply means a servant or minister, which term the New…
Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction If you were to guess the verse of Scripture more people (even those who are not Christians) can quote than any other, which one would it be? Surely, there are…
Views: 164[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] A “norm” is a standard, a rule, a pattern. That which is “normal” is that which conforms to the norm or recognized standard. Departure from the rule or standard is…
Views: 77[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] We seldom read the word sin in the newspaper or hear it on TV, in the movies, or even in conversation. It has almost become a sin to mention sin….
Views: 78[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Topsy-turvy refers to anything that is upside down, wrong side up, inverted or reversed from the norm. The topsy-turvy phenomenon in morals and religion has been around almost as long…
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