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…

“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. 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,…

Seek First the Kingdom

Views: 84[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Jesus forever settles where God’s church, the kingdom on earth, should come in one’s list of values: “But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness” (Matt. 6:33). But when and…

A Review of Alvin Jennings’ 3 Rs of Urban Church Growth

Views: 120[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction  In 1981, a brother in Christ, Alvin Jennings, owner of Star Bible Publications, Inc., wrote and published a book titled, 3 R’s of Urban Church Growth. This book raised many eyebrows,…

Finances in the Home—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 87[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] We are here getting into a delicate and touchy subject: how to handle money. This is a highly individual matter, and there is no set of rules that applies to…

Thoughts on Attendance

Views: 77[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] There is more to being faithful to God than “church attendance.” However, does faithfulness require it (to please God, to grow spiritually, to be saved)? I am not asking if…

The New Testament Church

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] If the church as God planned it and Christ built it is to exist in any age, there are certain principles to which men must be committed. As surely as…

“No Thanks, Anytime”  

Views: 83[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] A frequently seen bumper sticker depicts a cocktail glass and the message, “No thanks, I’m driving” (I once saw one of these on one of “our” church vans!). This message is…

Have You Started Your Retirement Plan?—Andy McClish

Views: 83 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Financial experts will tell you that if you don’t participate in an IRA, a 401k, or some type of financial investment program for the future, then you’re not really building…