A Strange Criterion for Doctrine

Visits: 8[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Several years ago I attended a debate on the issue of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. In the debate one of the antagonists foolishly contended that adultery merely means, “breaking the marriage…

Emotionalism vs. Proper Emotions

Visits: 10[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines “emotionalism” as “…unwarranted expression or display of emotion.”2 The same dictionary defines “emotion” in the following words: Any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear,…

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…

Dispensations of Time

Visits: 72[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Time is a fascinating, bewildering, imponderable, and yet such a vastly important subject to consider. Accordingly, it has called forth numerous interesting observations concerning it, such as the following, gleaned from…