Cleansing the Temple

Visits: 47[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Jesus twice “cleansed” the temple (actually the court of the temple) in Jerusalem by driving the merchants and moneychangers from it. The first time was near the beginning of His…

“Liberalism” and “Anti-ism”—Two Erroneous Extremes

Visits: 189[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction History reveals that men are susceptible to extremes in almost every arena of thought and behavior. This is no more clearly demonstrable than in the field of religion. A classic illustration…

No Bible Heritage?

Visits: 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…

The Church in Jerusalem

Visits: 6[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page. Introduction On the Pentecost following our Lord’s resurrection and ascension “there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven,” plus numerous proselytes (Acts 2:5, 10).1 One historian estimates…

How We Got Where We Are—A Half Century of Church History

Visits: 13[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction The Lord’s church today is not the same body it was fifty years ago. My grandfather (an elder for forty years in central Texas) or even my father (whose more than…