In the more “progressive” churches of Christ today, there are members who think that worship to God should take on the aura of an entertainment spectacle, rather than an humble, respectful, and solemn worship to our Creator.
Living in this world will often bring hardships and difficulties. The pressures of life can sometimes seem insurmountable and cause one to be in a troubled state of mind. Problems in the workplace, problems in the home, problems in the church, and problems at school can weigh heavily on the mind. Questions of “How will […]
One day, a visitor leaned on a farmer’s fence, and observed the farmer plowing with his mule. After a while, the visitor spoke up and said, “I don’t mean to tell you how to run your business, friend, but you wouldn’t have to work so hard if you would just say, ‘Gee’ and ‘Haw’ to […]
A man once set out a honeycomb to feed some bees that had a hive a short distance away. To start the process he captured one bee in a cup, placed it over the honeycomb, and waited until the bee discovered the
6) Desire To Understand God’s Word! Psalm 119:34 states, “Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.” There are two common reasons why man is unwilling to understand the Bible: (1) “self-satisfaction” and (2) “self-conceit.” This is the way a selfish young man often loves […]
In the Bee Gee’s song, “I Started A Joke” on You Tube, an individual (Ludwig1936 – see under “All Comments”) commented on the third stanza of the song (scroll down to middle of page), “Til I finally died which started the whole world laughing — I feel that way all the time. That’s when I […]
When we water something down, it is diluted, weakened, and made less potent. In the old days, taverns “watered-down” firewater to make it go further. This writer has been in restaurants that did the same thing to ketchup (or catsup) for the same reason. Some medicines are “watered-down” so they will not be too strong […]
Behold what mercy, love and grace That One would die and take my place On Calvary’s hill so far away My debt for sin He died to pay. The sinless one became our sin That life anew we might begin. Now cleansed and made before Him whole We look ahead to heaven’s goal. We live […]
There are many things that we can overcome through the help of our Savior (Philippians 4:17; cf. 1 John 4:4-5), but for brevity’s sake, we’ll list the following ten:
In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God speaking to Solomon stated, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” This passage of scripture presents to […]
In Exodus 17:7 YLT, we see the children of Israel testing the Lord by asking, “Is Jehovah in our midst or not?” After Israelites left Egypt for the land of Promise, they grumble their way through the hot miserable desert. Even though God had demonstrated His watchful care for them, they still felt alone facing the threat […]
A querist asks, “Would it be unscriptural to call a gospel meeting a revival?” No, not at all. God had granted to the children of the captivity some “reviving” in their
There’s no question in this writer’s mind that age is indeed relative. In a gifted and talented classroom, a student was once asked how old he was. He replied, “Well, the latest personal survey shows my anatomical age as seven, my psychological age as twelve, my physiological age as six, and my moral age as […]
In Revelation 2:1-29 and Revelation 3:1-22, Christ “commends” some congregations and “condemns” others. A consideration of these commendations and condemnations lead us
The decline of morality in our culture is evident in many so-called “reality” television programs and among youngsters of elementary school age. One such program was the Osbourne Family, who appeared on a television awards program several years ago. During this program, the family used such vulgar language on the show that there were more […]
One of the most familiar parables of our Lord is that of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30. A beautiful benediction is pronounced on those servants with five and two talents.
In his letter to the Galatian brethren (Gal. 5:6 ASV), the inspired penman, Paul wrote: “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.” The above text teaches us that to “work through love” is to work from a principle of love. If we love God, we seek to […]
From time to time a short refresher course is needed to refresh our memory (2 Peter 1:12) regarding key words, key verses, key phrases and key messages contained within the books of the Old Testament.
Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden, “Ye shall not surely die” (Genesis 3:4 KJV). This phrase is the theme of many modern novels. We see the hero and heroine living in disobedience to God but suffering no consequences. In soap operas, and movies, we see the characters rebelling against the moral laws of […]
From the Scriptures, we know that spiritual growth is a necessity for the Christian. The principle is that proper spiritual feeding will produce proper spiritual growth (1 Peter 2:2; cf. Hebrews 5:13-14; 2 Timothy 2:1-2).