Responsibilities of Dedicated Parents

Views: 83[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.]   In the normal development of family life there comes a time when the second generation leaves the first generation to establish a new family from which succeeding generations spring forth….

When Hurting Helps

Views: 99[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–3 page.]             God is in the helping business. He has always acted in such a way as to help and benefit mankind. To be true to Him we must seek to be…

Ten Reasons

Views: 85[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             Below I have listed and briefly discussed ten reasons why I believe it is good for young people to sit near the front during worship. These reasons assume that…

Equal Responsibility

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] An esteemed brother, Hollis Miller, of Murray Kentucky, once wrote the following in the College Street Bulletin: When one denies the faith, after all Biblical efforts of brotherly love to…

Should Parents Be Concerned with Selfish Traits in Their Children?

Views: 80[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction The traits of rudeness, disobedience and uncooperativeness are all problems of attitude, whether in children or adults. They all relate to one basic attitude problem—selfishness. Such traits are both anti-social…

The Hardest Gift to Give

Views: 62[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In our affluent economy of the past two generations many luxuries have become common place. With the steadily increasing power of television and its commercial pitch, our children have come…

Those Who Are Wise

Views: 90[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction With good reason Bible scholars classify the books of Job through Song of Solomon as “Wisdom Literature.” This is especially true of the book of Proverbs. The words wise, wisely, and…

What Are We Teaching Our Children?

Views: 75[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page. All conscientious Christian parents have a keen sense of their responsibility concerning the spiritual training of their children. Bible classes in conjunction with the regular assembly periods of the church are…

What Are They Teaching Our Children?—Andy McClish

Views: 129[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] The July 2000 issue of this publication carried my article titled “What Are We Teaching Our Children?” The thrust of that piece was that Christians (parents, teachers, and others) need to…

Some Thoughts on Worship “Etiquette”

Views: 191[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…