On Penknives and the Bible—No. 4

Views: 94[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]             After the fashion of Jehoiakim, the ungodly 6th century BC king of Judah, many today do in essence the same thing he actually did—take their “penknives” to portions of the…

Self-Opposers

Views: 73[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.]             In his second letter to Timothy, the apostle Paul urged his spiritual protégé to meekly correct “them that oppose themselves” (2:25). This statement is a striking one, and…

Reject, But Don’t Deny—#1

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] God has never forced anyone to obey Him. Likewise, Jesus Christ, His Son, never coerced anyone to serve Him. Rather, He invites men to follow Him: “Come unto me…” (Mat. 11:28)….

My Bible and My Vote

Views: 68[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Do believers in God, in Jesus Christ as His Son, and in the Bible as God’s Word have an obligation to evaluate candidates and/or political parties in light of Biblical teaching…

Righteousness Exalts A Nation

Views: 122[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] [Author’s Note: I wrote this article in advance of the 2012 Presidential election.] Our nation is in manifold difficulties that threaten to destroy the America the Founders envisioned and of…

Preparing for Persecution

Views: 106[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] I excerpted the quoted material below from my MS for the 17th Annual Denton Lectures (1998), conducted by the old Pearl St. church here in Denton. Please keep this date…

While I Still Can…

Views: 110[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Atheism, Humanism, and Secularism now control many of the levers of power in our nation. Law-making judges are ever driving God and the Bible from our public institutions. Marxist-inspired “political correctness” has cast…

Is the Doctrine of Premillennialism a “Fatal Error?”—Andy McClish

Views: 189[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction                         This manuscript centers around the issue of just how serious a matter is the doctrine of Premillennialism (from the standpoint of a person’s spiritual condition and destiny). Specifically, this…

Annihilationism—A Spiritually Fatal Innovation

Views: 108[Note:This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Hell has fallen on hard times. The most frequent reference to it nowadays is as a term of cursing, swearing, or intensification of expression. Others use it in a weak attempt at…

What Are They Teaching Our Children?—Andy McClish

Views: 126[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] The July 2000 issue of this publication carried my article titled “What Are We Teaching Our Children?” The thrust of that piece was that Christians (parents, teachers, and others) need to…