Editorial

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Mike G. and Barbara

We'd like to welcome Mike Greene as a monthly contributor to the Restoration History column. Mike is well qualified for this subject with his long-term interest in it. His bio and picture are now on the About Us page. Mike's...

A New Addition to the Team

Effective immediately, Richard Mansel assumes the duties of Assistant Editor of Forthright Magazine. Richard is well known as the writer for the Square One column, so we are excited to have his expanded participation in the magazine. ...

A New Column: Communion Meditations

After my Forthright article this morning, Words During the Supper," imagine my pleasant surprise to read a communion meditation, by a guest author, in Neal Pollard's Daily Bread email. ...

Veteran Missionary J.C. Choate Dies

We regret to inform our readers that J.C. Choate, long-time missionary, editor and publisher died around 12:20 p.m. CST at his home in Winona, Miss. ...

The Men Pray Together

One of the other encouraging moments has been my participation with the men's prayer group at the Center Hill congregation in Paragould, Ark. This church has supported us in Brazil since the beginning. Every Monday morning they meet together in the multi-purpose building with a list of people who need prayer. ...

A Different New Year Blessing

Here's a different new year blessing, written by Cornelius Claassen in South Africa. "During the coming New Year, may the blessings of God harass you ...

Share the Blessings

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. It testifies to the Christian underpinnings of the United States. Though other countries have imitated the observance, they lack the tradition which forms a basic underpinning of the American nation. No nation in the world...

FAQ

Frequently asked questions of the Forthright Magazine site. Why Forthright? The word Forthright is not only an adjective which means "honest, straightforward," but also a noun which means "a straight path." We want to take that path to the Cross...

What We Believe

Religious sites often have a statement of faith. I don't like'em. Nor creeds. I like to stick with the Bible. When you stay with it, you're doing good. But for some directories and such, they require it. So here is...

Sunday Evening Notes: Special effort

* Our special effort in September to increase the email list subscription yielded good results. We hope you'll join us in an continued effort to get the word out about Forthright.

Righteous and Devout

by J. Randal Matheny The meeting was small, even by Brazilian standards. Maybe the rain and the cold kept some away. The cold more than the rain. Brazilians are used to the latter, but complain bitterly about low temperatures. It...

Day of United Prayer

In the US, today, 3 May 2007, is the National Day of Prayer. Established by Congress in 1952 and proclaimed this year by President Bush, the effort is backed mainly by a group of evangelicals. With a few exceptions, our brotherhood doesn't give the day much space. That is as it should be. We are not evangelicals. Nor can we see much spiritual profit in joining such religious bodies in this. We do not -- cannot --, as a body, participate in such observations. ...

Join our new chat group

So that Forthright's friends can enjoy each other even more, the magazine's editors and staff have begun a chatty new email group called -- what else? -- FRIENDS. The FRIENDS email group has several purposes: 1) Exchange ideas about articles...

We covet your comments, but ...

The Forthright Magazine website has recently been swamped with spam. Because of limitations of the software we now use, we cannot prevent these unethical and immoral messages from appearing on the website. The editors and webmaster have spent precious time...

Lend a hand

Dear Friend of Forthright, First off, thanks for your support, encouragement, and prayers. Your feedback helps us do a better job. Your encouragement keeps us at it. Your prayers bring God's blessing upon us. Let me get straight to the...

A Smooth Move

We have officially made the move to our new site, and, while we'll be tinkering for a while, I'd like to thank Kevin Cauley for his behind-the-scenes work of getting it all set up. Kevin has been very patient with...

Our policy statement

by the Editors Balance. Newspapers purport to offer space to two more differing views on a subject. (Actually, today's media is among the most biased.) Our effort is to say exactly what the Bible says, no more, no less. Other...