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…

Paul’s Public Rebuke of Cephas—Galatians 2:11–21

Views: 53[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Galatians 2:11–21 is a thought bridge. It is obvious from chapter 1:1–2:10 that two factors were at work among the churches of the region: Paul’s apostolic credentials and authority had come…

No Bible Heritage?

Views: 6[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Humanists, Secularists, political Progressives, and assorted other anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Bible forces are doing their best to remove all Biblical connections to our nation’s history. Try as they might, it will take them quite…

My Way or God’s Way?

Views: 6[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] A survey has found that many Americans now take a mix-and-match, build-your-own approachin religion. Loyalty to a denomination—previously the norm—no longer prevails. People are combining elements of “Christianity” with those of Eastern religions (e.g.,…

Jesus, or a “JINO”?

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The only credible source of information regarding Jesus of Nazareth is the Bible. The Old Testament foretells Him approximately 300 times. The four Gospel accounts record His brief earthly life…

Denominational Attitudes and Tactics Among Brethren

Views: 107[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Back in 1962, most of the erroneous religious principles I addressed in my preaching and writing were apparent in the denominational world. Now, along with many other Gospel preachers, I find…

Two Classic Arguments for the Existence of God

Views: 7[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Only two possible positions exist relative to the existence of God: Either He does, or He does not exist. In referring to God, I refer not to some sort of demigod…

Atheism—Is It Reasonable?

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] All forms of atheism (e.g., anti-theism, naturalism, humanism, evolutionism, materialism) allege that Christianity is unreasonable and irrational—its adherents all dupes of “blind faith.” Atheists aver that believers in God, the Bible,…

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…

“Enemies of the Cross”

Views: 5[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the mildest of his epistles (in terms of rebuke and correction), the apostle Paul nonetheless warned the Philippian saints of “enemies of the cross of Christ” (3:18–19), which he…