Biblical Articles

We will soon be involved in our fifth year of Bible Bowl competition in this area; it will be Pearl Street's second year of hosting the monthly (during the school year) event. Recently we received a publication called REPROVE, in which Charles Coats of Webberville,...

No, this article is not about the Don Henley song, "The End of the Innocence." Rather, it laments the fact that there is little left for children to be entertained by that has not been perverted. Two decades ago many were shocked that someone had produced an X-rated...

Because we are in the midst of a full-blown apostasy, reason would dictate that we all encourage one another to stand for the truth (John 17:17). We especially need to promote an understanding of the way God authorizes so that we may be correct in doctrine and...

Every day someone makes the decision to become a Christian. Departing from sin and its influence is both a difficult decision and a challenging process. If Satan tried to tempt Jesus with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, he will do...

The homosexual agenda continues to make strides on a daily basis. Since we published our last article on the subject a few weeks ago, the following things have occurred: 1) There was a graduation from a Dallas area school for homosexuals; 2) The Dallas Morning News...

Because of the restrictions God placed upon women concerning the role they can not have in the church, some have mistakenly erred (especially the feminists) in thinking that the denial of leadership means that they are second-rate citizens in the kingdom and inferior...

Is There an Office of Deaconess? Another approach sometimes taken in the effort to find a Biblical argument for women to exercise leadership positions over men in the church is the "deaconess" allegation. The evidence offered is scant and insubstantial: an appeal is...

1 Corinthians 14 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is the remaining New Testament passage that limits with the role of women in the church. It is also part of a text that deals with the proper use of spiritual gifts. The main point that Paul makes is that in the church it is...

Three passages in the New Testament set forth restrictions concerning the role of women in the church. Each is important and will be examined, but only one of them is a general passage, not involved in the exercise of spiritual gifts. Therefore, we begin with it. 1...

One of the popular topics during the past fifteen years has been the role of women in the church. As with so many other subjects, members of the Lord's church once understood what the Bible taught with reference to the equality of men and women before God (Gal. 3:28)...

[Editor's note: Although it will probably not be considered too bright to disagree with an individual whose IQ is upwards of 170, nevertheless it is necessary in light of her February 21st column in Parade Magazine. Following is an open letter to Marilyn Vos Savant.]...

On Sunday and Monday, May 2-3, NBC broadcast a brand new version of the Biblical story of Noah and the ark (which held the highest rating for the week). At the very outset the viewer is warned (appropriately): "For dramatic effect, we have taken dramatic license with...

[Editor's note: Following is the final exchange of an e-mail correspondence on the subject of abortion. Such discussions tend to wander all over the place. Usually I begin to number the points for easier reference. Thus the numbers and the comments following them in...

On Monday evening, April 19th, ABC aired a social drama, which they titled Swing Vote. Ostensibly, it was a fictional story about a new Supreme Court Justice who would cast the deciding vote in a case involving a highly controversial state abortion law. Arguments on...

Think of your mind as a neat and tidy room. Thoughts are stored on the appropriate shelves. One section consists of the good deeds you have developed the habit of performing. It includes sending a card or note to someone who needs encouragement, perhaps fixing a few...

The word prude needs to be redefined; the standard definition has apparently been changed. When The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1970, prude meant: "A person, especially a woman, who is over-concerned with being or seeming to...

No mortal preacher could possibly know what each individual person in the congregation (as well as anyone visiting) needs to hear on any given week. Even if he did, it would be difficult to cover every subject adequately in one sermon. In practical terms, this problem...

"Jasper Killer Becoming Extremists' Hero," reads a March 7th title of an article on page 45A of The Dallas Morning News. "Surely, these words must be a misprint," one thinks, but the subtitle continues the journey into the "Twilight Zone": "Adulation Includes Racist...

One of the most popular, current religious errors is that which holds to the idea that the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the spiritual gifts have continued to this day. In the first half of the twentieth century these ideas were held by those who called themselves...

Nothing gets by the American Civil Liberties Union. If there is any anti-Christian cause to champion, they are eager to charge in, like a junkyard dog sensing trespassers. Their latest client is an incensed high school student with apparently too much free time on her...

When little Billy was just a boy, he occasionally got in trouble, as little boys often do. But his mother always managed to find a way to keep him from being punished. "Don't worry, Billy. I know it wasn't your fault. You didn't know what you were doing. I'm sure...

On Monday, February, 22nd, the Denton Record-Chronicle published the news story, "Lecturer Seeks to Define The Truth." An introductory paragraph states: "William B. Oden, the bishop of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, talked to local United...

Dr. Norman Geisler and Frank Turek have written this book with the following subtitle: Is It Wise? Is it Legal? Is It Possible? The book was published last year and is probably available at most religious bookstores. The book focuses on the constitutionality of...

The fourth best money-maker at the box office last year was a movie that featured behavior of the grossest kind, titled There's Something About Mary. Columnist Kathleen Parker said she felt like she needed a bath after seeing it, but apparently a large portion of the...

Recently, a man wrote to "Dear Abby" to counsel his fellow homosexuals NOT to get married as a cover for their sexual preference (published on January 26th). He and his wife have been through a painful divorce, and he wishes he had been honest with himself and her...

"Twisting the Truth" was the title of a well-written editorial by Suzanne Floyd of Aubrey. (Her letter appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle on January 17, 1999.) During the recent holidays "four teenage girls were killed as a result of a wreck where a driver...

Israel's disobedience with the golden calf had occurred just a few months earlier (Ex. 32-34). More recently, the people had complained at Taberah (Num. 11:1-3), but in Numbers 14 the whole nation had decided to stone Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb in their refusal...

As predicted (see the article from May 31, 1998), homosexual marriages will be receiving more and more attention in the near future. According to an Associated Press article, titled "Group of Clergy Bless Same-Sex Unions," in The Dallas Morning News on January 17th,...

The 26th anniversary date of the Roe v. Wade legislation will occur in just 5 days. Legislation is an appropriate term because there was nothing in the Constitution about the subject of abortion; so, behaving the way most false teachers do, abortion advocates took a...

[The following response was written in reply to another one of Janet McDaniel's columns, in which she tried to explain why women are not upset over the President's immoral behavior. Jennifer personally delivered this editorial to the Denton Record-Chronicle on...