“Here’s How…”

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles  page.] A leaflet making the rounds purports to instruct us on the way to have “an eternal relationship with God.” The suggested four-point plan is as follows: Admit Your Sin—“For all have sinned…

Goodness and Severity of God

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] The apostle Paul wrote: “Behold then the goodness and severity of God” (Rom. 11:22a). In context, Paul recounted that God was severe toward His chosen people, the Jews, because they “fell”…

God’s Grace is Inclusive

 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Because of His abundant love for mankind, God extended His grace universally through the death of Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son: “For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation…

God’s Grace is Exclusive

 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] While God wills that all men be saved (1 Tim. 2:4), this is the statement of his ideal will. His ideal will and His conditional will are not the same, however….

God…Hath Spoken

 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Hebrews 1:1–2 contains numerous points of Biblical Truth: God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end…

God Cannot Do Some Things

 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “There is nothing too hard for thee,” Jeremiah wrote of God (32: 17). Paul wrote of “…the exceeding greatness of his power” (Eph. 1:19). The Bible abounds with claims of God’s…

Fully Armed

 [Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Because Satan is such a formidable foe, and we are so weak by ourselves, we must be well-armed. The armament which the Lord supplies is sufficient, both for protection and for…

All or None

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] In an article on OneNewsNow.com, Peter Heck reviewed recent statements by Rob Bell, identified with “the hipster emerging church movement.” Heck discussed Bell’s suggestion of universal salvation, which implies a denial…

Cafeteria Theology

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Does God operate a theological cafeteria? Are all of the world’s religions (e.g., Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, et al.) on His “steam table”? Is Christianity on the menu as merely one…

On Being Broadminded

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Broadminded connotes an ample tolerance of beliefs and/or behaviors other than one’s own. Modern philosophers have created a culture that exalts this trait regarding morals and all religions (i.e., apart from…