Visits: 31[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page. Sometimes a second-hand car gives good service; a second-hand religion never does. The religion of Christ must always be first-hand. I have said this and believed it for a long…
Visits: 20[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The English word evangelize does not appear in the common versions of the New Testament. Yet, it is an imminently Scriptural word. It comes about as near being transliterated, letter…
Visits: 85[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] One cannot love something without hating its opposite. The Scriptures duly honor this axiom (Psa. 97:10; Mat. 6:24, et al.). It is not wrong to have strong feelings of hatred,…
Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] Growing older has its disadvantages. Someone has quipped that it’s better than the alternative, even so. Now, I don’t consider myself to be elderly yet, by a long shot. In…
Visits: 16[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] It is possible for one to be too hard on oneself, unnecessarily reproaching and condemning oneself. However, it is also possible to be too easy on oneself. This often takes…
Visits: 20[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] “I have set my affection on the house of my God” (1 Chr. 29:3). David spoke the forgoing words to express his consuming desire to see a great temple erected…
Visits: 9[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] I suppose the most difficult task that each of us is called upon to perform is the examination of our motives. Jesus was talking about this when he said, ”…
Visits: 28[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Many miraculous powers were distributed among brethren in the first century. However, Paul teaches that there is a power or trait superior to all of these spectacular gifts. It is…
Visits: 18[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The title above appears in 2 John 2: “for the truth’s sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever” John addressed this brief letter to one…
Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] In the drama of living the Christian life, temptation is an ever-present factor for those who serve the Lord. He suffered it (Mat. 4:1–11) and recognized the reality of it in…
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