The Book of Books

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Secularism, atheism, and humanism are arrayed against the Bible as never before in our nation. These sinister philosophies and forces seek to stamp all Biblical influences from public life. There could…

Destructible Deities

Views: 4[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             When a Buddhist temple burned in a Texas city, the image of Buddha, their object of worship, melted. While none should rejoice in the property loss our fellow-citizens sustained,…

The Bible Is the Inspired Word of God

Views: 7[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction One can hardly imagine any subject in religion but that men have capitulated the Biblical teaching on it.1 The mere mention of the inspiration of the Bible, the authority of Scripture,…

Daniel 2—A Commentary

Views: 6[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Daniel 2 is the longest chapter in the book. With Isaiah 2, Joel 2, and Acts 2 it is a pivotal Biblical chapter. It is also a key chapter to understanding…

The Church’s Unity and Undenominational Character

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction From his earliest knowledge that God planned the church, Satan has despised the very concept of it and everything pertaining to it. His first plan of attack was to do all…

The “Both Ways” Philosophy

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] Introduction A childish trait that many seem never to outgrow is the desire to have certain things “both ways” when it is not possible to do so. In all such cases,…

Authority in Religion

Views: 65[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Only two sources of authority exist in religion. Authority is “from heaven  [Divine] or from men [human]” (Mat. 21:25). Human authorities consist of such things as the rulings of one…

Jerusalem From Three Perspectives—Isaiah 2–4

Views: 96[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 In Isaiah 1 the prophet unleashed numerous denunciations of God’s people that spanned the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. Judah and Jerusalem (especially Jerusalem) had become so corrupt that God sarcastically…

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…

Dispensations of Time

Views: 133[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Time is a fascinating, bewildering, imponderable, and yet such a vastly important subject to consider. Accordingly, it has called forth numerous interesting observations concerning it, such as the following, gleaned from…