All or None

Views: 98[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…

Do Numbers Equal Strength?  

Views: 76[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “Yes” and “No.” The Bible urges Christians to grow and mature in the faith and to thereby become strong (Eph. 6:10, et al.). What God desires for His individual saints,…

“Relationship, Not Religion”

Views: 96[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Some time ago a denomination in Dallas, Texas, advertised its aim as “relationship, not religion.” When I read it, I thought, “At last, truth in advertising!” Actually, most of the religious…

Losing All Things to Gain Christ—Philippians 3:1–11

Views: 136[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction When compared to the Corinthian epistles or to the respective letters to the Galatians, Timothy, or Titus, the letter to the Philippians is written in mild terms. The reason for this…

Morals in an Immoral Age

Views: 207[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction It is no secret to those of us who have lived a few decades that our nation has suffered a catastrophic decline in moral principle and behavior over this span. Those…

“Liberalism” and “Anti-ism”—Two Erroneous Extremes

Views: 279[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction History reveals that men are susceptible to extremes in almost every arena of thought and behavior. This is no more clearly demonstrable than in the field of religion. A classic illustration…

“Hell at Last!”

Views: 116[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] To believe in Heaven is to believe in Hell, just as the Bible, especially the New Testament, depicts both of them. Concerning the unrighteous and the righteous, respectively, at The Judgment,…

When a Christian Sins…

Views: 124[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] The New Testament plainly teaches that we sometimes sin as Christians. To children of God, John wrote: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is…

On Wills and Codicils

Views: 132[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Men make their wills on the basis of information available to them at the time. Conditions sometimes change that merit a change in the will. If the changes are extensive, the will…

Faithfulness and the Sermon on the Mount

Views: 137[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Christ does not require us to be rich, good-looking, multi-talented, socially prominent, or formally educated. There is one thing he requires of every one of his servants: faithfulness. The faith has…