Visits: 27[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In a few exceptional cases, children who have been reared In Christian homes, whose parents very faithfully attended Bible classes and worship, have turned reprobate. Likewise, there are exceptional cases…
Visits: 21[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] I once heard a corny story about a bunch of crows that gorged themselves in a California prune grove. When they had finished, they jumped up on an old plow handle…
Visits: 62[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The Bible says much about influence, both that which we have on others and that which others have on us. These Scriptural thoughts may be summarized in the following four…
Visits: 9[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Paul described the Philippians as “lights in the world” in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (Phi. 2:15). In Paul’s time I suppose there was only one kind…
Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Does it sometimes seem that everyone drinks and cheats on his or her spouse, has no real scruples about honesty, and curses like a peg-legged pirate? To non-smokers, it…
Visits: 21[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Psa. 133: 1). If God’s people in any community are to accomplish anything worthwhile, unity…
Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Paul began his letter to the Philippians by saying: “I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you” (Phi. 1:3). Sometimes I get “bogged down” in thoughts about those who…
Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–1 page.] Editors and publishers of religious material have a weighty responsibility. I have in mind editors of church bulletins, periodicals, and books and publishing houses. Some brethren in the publishing business apparently…
Visits: 22[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] A few years ago, I wrote some lines on this subject prefaced by a confession of feeling inadequate since I had no children who were teenagers at that time. I also…
Visits: 24[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Someone has remarked that parents are not for raising children, but children are for raising parents. While there is surely an element of truth in the statement that bringing children…
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