Cart Before the Horse

Visits: 34[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16), identified both the “horse” and the “cart” in regard to the respective obligations of all mankind: Thou shalt love the…

Exposition of Jeremiah 1:4–10

Visits: 68[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction             The time was about 1500 B.C. The chilling words of warning from Jehovah to Israel through Moses were these: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto…

A Tribute to Jehovah’s Word—Comments on Selected Verses from Each Stanza of Psalms 119

Visits: 69[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction As Joseph Bryant Rotherham tried to conclude his introduction to the 119th Psalm, he had considerable difficulty doing so. He wrote: It was hoped to close this merely introductory “exposition” with…

God’s Faithful Are Forgiven and Forgiving

Visits: 72[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction If asked to list ten of the most desirable and admirable human traits, likely even hardened sinners would list a willingness to forgive near the top. It is without dispute a…

Murmuring at Marah

Visits: 63[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] Exodus 15:22–26 gives the account of Israel’s murmuring at the bitter waters of Marah. At this very beginning part of their journey from the Red Sea toward Canaan, their water supplies…

Lessons From the Flood

Visits: 29[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.]          The great Flood in the time of Noah engulfed all of the world (Gen. 7:19–20). It was of such cataclysmic power and proportions that only the end of the…

Denominationalism

Visits: 82[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–1  page.] Denominationalism refers to a “denominational or sectarian spirit or policy; the tendency to divide into denominations or sects” (Random House College Dictionary). In religion, the term refers to the multitude (some…

Which Jesus?

Visits: 63[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.]              Modern folk—scholar, ruler, and commoner alike—who still profess to believe in God have nevertheless in many cases eschewed the fact that He created them. Contrariwise, denying God’s revelation of…

Matters Demonstrated by the Cross

Visits: 54[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.]           By far, the most enduring symbol of the religion of Jesus Christ is the cross. It so represented Jesus’ life, work, and death that the apostle Paul…

“God Is No Respecter…”

Visits: 60[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] We Are Made in God’s Image (Gen. 1:26–27). This fact is true of every human being, regardless of how low he may have sunk. God has not only given us physical life…