Burger King and God

Views: 17[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             The Burger King fast food chain has long used the catchy slogan, “Have it your way”—build it like you want it. BK may have come up with the slogan, but…

The Church—Its Uniqueness, Distinctiveness, and “Exceptionalism”

Views: 6[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page. Introduction While fighting a war against terrorism that seeks to destroy our nation from without, it is also in the throes of a crucial civil war. This war is not (at…

Selective Postmodernism

Views: 4[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles page.] Postmodernism is the buzzword for today’s sophisticates who purport to have transcended the outmoded standards that have well served mankind from the beginning and Western Civilization for centuries. It has adversely…

Annihilationism—a Refutation

Views: 66 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The doctrine of annihilationism cannot be discussed without discussing the Bible doctrine of Hell. The Bible depicts Hell as a place where sinners who die in their sins will suffer…

Destructible Deities

Views: 4[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]             When a Buddhist temple burned in a Texas city, the image of Buddha, their object of worship, melted. While none should rejoice in the property loss our fellow-citizens sustained,…

Rule of Law or of Men?

Views: 4 Only two kinds of civil government exist: The rule of law or the rule of men. When law prevails (even bad law), all are treated equally because law is objective and plays no favorites. Each citizen can plan his life predictably by the…

Can Paperclips Talk?

Views: 71[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Most folk believe that only human beings and parrots can talk, but that’s just not true. Although paperclips are not very high on the intelligence scale (and while they don’t…

What Jesus Said About His Second Coming

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Someone has suggested the following simple outline of the Bible: Jesus is coming (Gen.–Mal.) Jesus has come (Mat.–John) Jesus is coming again (Acts–Rev.) While there is an element of truth in…

America’s Moral Decay

Views: 4Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Fifty years ago, lasciviousness, adultery, and fornication, were almost universally deemed reprehensible; they hardly raise an eyebrow anymore. New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer, was forced to resign in 2008 for…

A Virtuous Atheist

Views: 75[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             Consider this real case: The young man was an avowed atheist. He described himself as “capable of pristine thought and speech,… moral, upstanding, conscientious, ethical,…