Reactions to Bible Teaching

Views: 83[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             When a person reads or is taught Bible Truth, he must make a response. In fact, it is impossible not to respond, for a refusal to accept what one…

Xmas Xtremes

Views: 99[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…

Changed Doctrine Equals a Changed Church

Views: 9[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] The church can remain pure only as long as the doctrine it hears remains true. The New Testament contains numerous warnings about false doctrine and its purveyors, the following being typical: If…

The Power of Incrementalism

Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] The following notice, titled “Euro-English,” made the e-mail rounds some time ago: The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union…

Noah, the “Legalist” 

Views: 104[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] When theological liberals want to cast the strongest possible aspersion on those who still believe God said what He means and means what He says in the Bible, they call…

The Gospel of Christ Is Unchanged and Unchanging

Views: 87[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The cry for change was the main theme of William Jefferson Clinton and a press biased toward him in the 1992 presidential campaign. This cry was what swept him into office…

Shall We Worship in Truth or by Tradition?

Views: 130[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a…

A Response to Fellowship Compromises in the Church of Christ1

Views: 214[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Satan and all of his minions outside the church have always opposed it. He did his best to prevent the Lord from establishing the church in the first place. Although he…

What Is a “Change Agent”?

Views: 249[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction The term, change agent, has been in use at least since 1947 in social psychology circles in reference to those whose task it is to facilitate change in organizations. Lynn…

The Truth About Tradition

Views: 98[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction Is everything that we call “tradition” bad, dangerous, or even prohibited? Is there such a thing as “good” or even “mandatory” tradition? This word occurs thirteen times in the New…