Not or Now?

Views: 114[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Changing a single letter of a word can create a statement that directly contradicts the writer’s intended expression. To misspell not as now well illustrates this fact. It is bad enough to unwittingly make…

Fornication and Adultery

Views: 117[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page Fornication and adultery were once, without hesitation, deemed “sinful”—forbidden by God and sources of shame and disgrace to the vast majority of U.S. citizens. Lamentably, such behavior has become commonplace, promoted relentlessly…

The Most Dangerous Sin?

Views: 7[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] If you were asked to name the most dangerous sin, would it be murder, lying, adultery, slander, or perhaps some other? All of these are dangerous, both to the victim and the…

The Infallible Manual for Marriage and Family

Views: 179[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles  page.] While not exhaustive, the following fairly represents inspired teaching on this subject: And he answered and said, have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them…

John—Whom the Lord Called “None Greater”

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Jesus gave unparalleled commendation to his kinsman, the prophet John: “Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist” (Mat. 11:11). Let us explore some possible…

Joseph’s Brothers—A Brief History

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The title of this manuscript implies Joseph’s ascendency, his importance, his place of leadership, and his moral superiority among all of the sons of Jacob. Otherwise, the subject of this study…

Elders—Must All Have All the Qualifications?

Views: 129[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] For the primitive church to be restored we must be concerned with restoring every feature of it as it appears on the pages of the New Testament. However, there are…

“It Is Too Much…”

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]  Ten centuries before Christ, ten of the twelve tribes of Israel revolted at the promised harsh measures of Rehoboam, Solomon’s son and successor. Jeroboam was the first king of this…

Darwinism and Morality

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page. Until around the 1960s in America, lasciviousness, adultery, and fornication were almost universally deemed reprehensible. Divorce was shameful, pornography was underground, and homosexuality was illegal. These elements are now on…

Billingslyism, a Response—Who Has Fallen from Grace?

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction In order to please God, the doctrine of Christ must ever control our desires. Conversely, men behave exceedingly dangerously when desire becomes the father of their doctrine. This very phenomenon is…