Follow the Pattern

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Are those who claim to serve Christ bound to observe any sort of pattern in their service? The overwhelming answer of millions of sincere people is “NO.” Most of those…

Religious Authority

Views: 97[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The challenges of recent years to authority in home, school, marketplace and military were bound to have their parallels in religion. The very foundations of pontifical authority in Roman Catholicism…

The Blending of Fear and Love

Views: 68[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Is God a being of wrath to be feared or is he a benevolent person to be loved? What is the proper response of man to Jehovah: fear or love? Or…

The Blessings of Baptism

Views: 1[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Introduction Baptism is a frequent subject of the New Testament. When its function and purpose are understood, it is not surprising that it receives so much emphasis. God has made…

“Not Forsaking the Assembly…”

Views: 125[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Brethren have some very unusual ideas about attending the assemblies of the saints. Many years ago, a member of the church where I preached at the time told me if I…

When Your Husband Is Not a Christian—Lavonne James McClish.

Views: 89[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Paul commended Phoebe (Rom. 16:1–2), who was a succorer of many, including himself. We read nothing about her husband. If she had a husband, he was apparently not a Christian, or…

The Responsibility of Motherhood—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 91[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] During the years when her children are young, motherhood is the Christian woman’s number one job, after her duties to her husband. If she fails, entire generations will be affected, and…

Some Thoughts on Worship “Etiquette”

Views: 176[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction Acceptable worship must be God-centered, rather than man-centered. For failure to understand or remember this fact, many are introducing strange practices into worship assemblies because these things please and excite…

Finances in the Home—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 89[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…

“Career Women”—Lavonne McClish

Views: 93[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.]             A full-page ad appeared in the “Career Women” section of the Denton, Texas Record-Chronicle on March 29, 2000. The page was headlined, “Once upon a time…Women were housewives & mothers,…