A Startling Statistic

Views: 59[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.]             Once when I was shopping in one of our local lumber yards, I noticed a sign which read: 81% OF YOUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE LOST TEN YEARS FROM NOW Under…

Women in the Church

Views: 90[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our New Uploads page.] I have long observed that major movements in the world will sooner or later have their effect upon religion. Numerous examples exist: As the divorce rate in society has risen, we…

Success in the Lord’s Work

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page. The two elements involved in success in the Lord’s work are seen in the following statement from Paul, the apostle: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in…

“Nobody Ever Visits Me”

Views: 67[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Occasionally some member of the church remarks, “Nobody ever visits me!” It is almost always a complaint, sometimes uttered in bitterness. I have heard people say it almost as if they…

Emphasis on Money

Views: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Sometimes the complaint is registered that “the church emphasizes money too much.” A preacher friend once told me of hearing this complaint from a family where he preached. The circumstances behind…

Things Which Make for Peace

Views: 101[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.]             In Romans 14:19, Paul exhorts:  “So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.” Every local church needs these…

Murmurers, Beware!

Views: 66[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Paul warned, “Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer” (1 Cor. 10:10). Again, he ordered, “Do, all things without murmurings and questionings” (Phi. 2:14)….

Time Will Tell

Views: 78[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The passing of time has a great way of putting things in true perspective. A president may be hated and cursed by his contemporaries, but his administration may be given a…

Spiritual “Welfare”

Views: 82[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] The last several years have seen our nation move increasingly closer to becoming a “welfare state.” Few are those who object to helping those who truly need help and are…

The Church and Its Widows—1 Timothy 5:3-16

Views: 88[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] This passage has long been problematical. Perhaps the biggest problem revolves around what seems to be an arbitrary age limit governing widows who can be “enrolled” (vs. 9), and, as…