Biblical Articles

Berit Kjos has researched well the information she presents in Brave New Schools, a 308-page book published just last year. Because some of the material she presents is so incredible (although well-documented), let's look first at some thoughts from her introduction....

No, Adam never had to wonder What rock that man crawled out from under. Man ne'er evolved from slime and thunder; That "science" is a modern blunder. If Adam could be resurrected, And if a scientist infected With fever to defend his "science," Strange words might come...

Splashy headlines appeared in the nation's newspapers last week about the "validity" of evolution. "Pope Calls Evolution 'More Than Theory,'" reads the one that appeared in the Dallas Morning News on October 25th. Apparently, many are unaware that this story could...

On Monday, October 14th, Dub McClish and I drove up to Burkburnett for the first of the two-night, above-mentioned debate. Steve Wiggins was affirming that "The Bible Teaches That The First Day of the Week Is The Day of Worship Required for God's People in the...

"Paranoia strikes deep; into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid..." go the words of Buffalo Springfield's 1967 song. Apparently, in today's society, fear and paranoia are rampant. Paranoia is defined as: "a rare chronic psychosis...

Everyone is probably familiar with the situation in which a person is so focused on what he is doing that he misses something of even greater significance. One comic strip used to portray a zealous policeman arresting a jaywalker while totally oblivious to the bandits...

Some might wonder in light of a review of this nature, "Is there nothing good to say about the Contemporary English Version (CEV)"? Okay. There is a good comment found in the introduction to the book of Revelation: "When the fall of Babylon is described (chapter 18),...

A few months ago copies of the Contemporary English Version of the Bible were sent to many churches across the country for their inspection and use. The purpose of the translators was to achieve a "'user-friendly' and a 'mission-driven' translation that can be read...

Every so often the topic of life on other planets comes to the forefront of public thought and conversation. Back in the early seventies Erich Von Daniken created quite a stir with his Chariots of the Gods, in which he sought to introduce mysteries which he asserted...

The answer to the above question may be-their senses. The most recent survey of teen attitudes was conducted for the Horatio Alger Association and published in Parade Magazine on August 18th. Just under 1,000 teenagers from ages 13 through 17 participated in the...

Dave Miller, Director of the Brown Trail School of Preaching, has written what is perhaps the most important brotherhood book since Goebel Music's Behold the Pattern, which remains an outstanding work. Miller's Piloting the Strait (published in July of this year) is...

"Why did my Savior come to earth?" begins a familiar song. The poetic answer is that "He loved me so," which is certainly true. Because of His love He was willing to die on the cross, and in the blood that He shed there is remission of sins for the penitent, obedient...

How often has a headline like the one above appeared in the newspaper? Most religious groups do not make their appeal in such a manner. In fact, they would probably be horrified if anyone were to make such a suggestion. But Jesus made it clear that He came to bring...

Paul certainly felt that the feelings of others were to be respected; he would go so far as to give up his right to eat meat-if it made his brother stumble (1 Cor. 8). This article is not intended in any way to detract from the point that Paul is making here;...

In a land not very far away a temple was constructed out of various materials; the walls were then overlaid with pure gold. This temple had cost the owner a very dear price. Naturally a priesthood was added to the temple to take care of it until its owner could return...

F. LaGard Smith, Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, has written another excellent book of the same stripe as Sodom's Second Coming and When Choice Becomes God. [Not recommended is his book on baptism or his teaching on hell.] Made available this year by Marcon...

Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and he brought her to the man. And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." Therefore a man shall leave his...

Have you ever thought that only the Lord's church has problems? Have you found yourself envious of the various denominations that preach love and unity? Have you imagined that with them all is harmony and peace? Stick around. The fairy dust for Never-Never-Land will...

During the past three weeks we have analyzed and rejected Mark Henderson's suggestions for being a "Unity-Committed Church," which he made in a speech at ACU in February. In essence, we have explained that counting as brethren those who have never obeyed the gospel is...

[This article deals with the final two points of Mark Henderson's February 19th lecture at Abilene "Christian" University.] 3. "I believe that if we are going to make any sort of a positive contribution to the unity of all believers, we must learn to reach to our...

[This article continues to look at the teachings of Mark Henderson which he presented at Abilene "Christian" University's annual lectureship on February 19th of this year. There are some eye-opening things to deal with yet from the first of his four points, but this...

On Monday evening, February 19th, of this year, Mark Henderson of Boulder, Colorado, spoke at the Abilene Christian University lectureship on the subject "People Need the Unity-Committed Church." The purpose of this (and subsequent articles) will be to evaluate that...

Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went up to visit Ahab, king of Israel, who invited him to join in the battle against Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat's response to Ahab was, "I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war" (1 Kings 18:3). What...

Many statements have been made about the founding fathers of this nation in recent times. Some have attempted to make it sound as if they were all Deists who believed as strongly as the ACLU in the separation of church and state. Not only were very few actually...

Is it a reaction to the Deism of the eighteenth century? Or is it intended to counter cold, formalistic, ritualistic religion? Maybe it's an ego thing. Whatever the cause, some are awfully quick today to assign God as the source of various occurrences in an effort to...

Churches of Christ do not conduct "heresy" trials because we, in accordance with New Testament teaching, do not have a national or international organization which possesses such authority. Instead, if we discover that someone is consistently teaching false doctrines,...

Are you unhappy with the church? Are you disappointed in the worship? Have you gotten to the point where you just attend once in a while? When you try to motivate yourself to come, does the whole process feel like sheer drudgery? And when you are here, do the lessons...

In the March 15-17 USA Weekend the reader finds an article entitled "New Ways to Pack the Pews?" The focus of attention is similar to that of John MacArthur's book, Ashamed of the Gospel? The subject is the new approach that many churches are taking in an effort to...

In the religious section of the The Dallas Morning News on April 13th of this year Max Lucado took center stage. The article written by Anne Belli Gesalman (entitled "Jesus as the Everyman") leaves the reader wondering if she is Lucado's publicity agent. Included are...

How could one see what Israel saw and know what Israel knew, yet be disobedient and rebellious and fall in the wilderness? They watched God bring plague after plague upon the Egyptians, culminating with the death of the firstborn. They not only saw the Egyptians drown...