“A Movement in Transition”

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] We have read in a church bulletin that a special series of Wednesday night lectures was conducted on the theme, “Movement in Transition: A Vision for the Future.” Accompanying comments on…

Do We Realize What We Have?—Andy McClish

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] One of the greatest advantages that a person can be given in life is to be trained from birth as a child of God. Surely those of us who have been…

Changed Doctrine Equals a Changed Church

[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 any…

Shall We Participate in “Promise Keepers”?

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 Perhaps the best way to get this subject before us is to examine the seven promises— the creed—to which those who are members of Promise Keepers must commit themselves: A Promise Keeper…

Simple New Testament Christianity

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The only thing that Jesus ever promised to build was His church (Mat. 16:18). It was of such exceeding worth to Him that He paid the ultimate price of His own…

Respecting Authority— A Basic Principle

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In every system there is a basic nucleus that determines the spirit and operation of the whole. In God’s plan for man, the basic principle is respect for and obedience to…

Religious Authority

[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The challenges of recent years to authority in home, school, marketplace and military were bound to have their parallels in religion. The very foundations of pontifical authority in Roman Catholicism have…

Why Miracles?

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.]             Why did God empower men in the first century to work miracles? One of the Biblical words for “miracle” (semeion) provides a clue. This word connotes an act that…

“Forget the Church—Follow Jesus”

[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]           Thus screamed the cover of a Newsweek (April 9, 2012). The cover pointed to an article inside (by Andrew Sullivan) titled: “The Forgotten Jesus.” Its subtitle encapsulates the article’s thrust: Christianity…

Undenominational Christianity

[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–3  page.]             Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational “churchianity” bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is antidenominational. Men have so long lived with abnormal…