Christ and Christmas

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Once I referred to Christmas in a church bulletin article by the abbreviation Xmas. One who read the article wrote inquiring, “What happened to Christ?” and stated, “It has always…

Xmas Xtremes

Views: 102[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Christmas is the time of year when most people are the happiest, friendliest, most hospitable, and most benevolent. I suppose the reason is what might be termed the “Christmas spirit.” What…

Practical Suggestions and Examples for Christian Women—Lavonne James McClish

Views: 81[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] There is little in the Word of God in the way of detailed and specific instructions for women of God. Therefore, these suggestions are simply that: possible ways of applying the…

The Gift of Tongues

Views: 113[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page. One of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit was the gift of tongues (1 Cor. 12:10, 30; 19:6; 14:2; et al.). What were these tongues in which some of…