A Perpetual Pitfall of Preachers

Visits: 31[Note:  This MS is available in a larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction I made my first miserable attempt at preaching a Gospel sermon in July 1954 to a Sunday evening assembly of the old Fourth and Bannock Streets Church in Boise,…

Who Will Win?

Visits: 25[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3  page.] To the entire ungodly world, it appears that Truth and goodness are weak. Most certainly, error and evil have the vast majority of men and the preponderance of wealth and…

The Weak Weapons of Men

Visits: 12[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In the contest with evil we must remember that, while we oppose men who serve Satan, our real foe is Satan: “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,…

“The Way of Cain”

Visits: 3[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] In his brief New Testament letter, Jude wrote of “the way of Cain” (v. 11). Genesis 4 tells us that Cain was the first human being to be born, the…

The Thousand-Year Reign

Visits: 40[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The vast majority of Protestants believe the “thousand years” of Revelation 20:1–7 refers to the tenure of Christ’s reign in an earthly kingdom upon His return. Since He will come…

The Conflict is Real

Visits: 25[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Many go through life not realizing that a conflict between good and evil, Truth and error, is raging about them. Some do not perceive the conflict, having become convinced that…

Stand Fast and Fight

Visits: 13[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The whole point of a soldier’s being well-armed is not for the parade ground, the reviewing stand, or mock maneuvers, but for the field of combat. The reason we are…

Selfless Servants

Visits: 10[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] When Jesus reminded the apostles of His own service to others, He used it as an example of how they should serve (Mat. 20:27). He taught them that true greatness…

Scriptural “Red Flags” No. 5

Visits: 11[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] James 1:16 contains another “red flag,” warning us against deception: “Be not deceived, my beloved brethren (ASV).” This warning looks backward to what James had just written about temptation, sin,…

Satan And His Devices

Visits: 14[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Just as God is depicted from the beginning of the Bible as the source of all that is good, pure, and true, Satan is identified as a spirit-being who is…