Early Postmodernism

Views: 72[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “Postmodernism” is the ascendant philosophy. To mention postmodernism implies its antecedent, modernism. Modernism attempts to explain all things by nature. It arose in 19th-century Germany, about the time Darwin published…

Realized Eschatology and Exposition of Acts 2:29-36

Views: 120[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction             The Bible contains numerous outstanding sermons or at least briefs thereof. The minds of Bible students immediately go to the Lord’s “Sermon on the Mount,” Peter’s Pentecost sermon, Stephen’s oration…

Matthew 15—A Commentary

Views: 8[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The events described in the beginning of Matthew 15 took place in Galilee, where Jesus was attracting throngs of people by His mighty words and deeds. News of His miracles had…

Christ Ascends and the Disciples Wait—Acts 1:1–26

Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The book of Acts is a transitional book between the Gospel accounts and the remainder of the New Testament. The first chapter of Acts is likewise a transitional chapter in several…

Jesus—Why He Came

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Despite the plainness of the singularity of Jesus’ purpose in coming to earth, men still misunderstand it. They have variously set forth such purposes as political revolution and healing the…

God’s Providence as Seen in the Lives of Elijah and Ahab

Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Our English word, providence, comes from the Latin word, providentia, meaning foresight or to foresee. The equivalent Greek word is pronoia, but, ironically, it is not used in reference to God…

“Lost Books” of the Bible

Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction A widely advertised book titled, Lost Books of the Bible, is on the market. One can even be found advertised in some of the widely distributed mail order household gadget catalogs…

Introduction to the Song of Solomon

Views: 84[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Song of Solomon1 is a book of never-ending curiosity, comment, and controversy. McClintock and Strong observed: “No book of the Old Testament has been the subject of more varied criticism,…

Spiritual Anticlimaxes

Views: 3[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction An anticlimax is a reversal of direction, thought, or status from the superior to the inferior or from the sublime to the ridiculous. In our days of modern, well-equipped, and…

CFTF Lectureships

Views: 65 Contending for the Faith Lectures "GOD, THE BIBLE, AND CHRISTIAN CONDUCT" Hosted by Church of Christ, Spring, Texas Directed by David P. Brown February 20–22, 2015   Subjects Without God There Is No Objective Absolute Moral Standard Michael Hatcher Civil Government and Morality…