There’s a principle of law in our world that should be printed indelibly on our minds, and that is: Disuse brings decay. This principle is written upon every facet of life, whether animate or inanimate. Everything is marked with the verdict “use it or lose it.”
Who is not inspired by the competitor who makes a comeback after being down and seemingly out of the running! The runner who stumbles while coming off the starting
Reuters staff writer, Ian Simpson, wrote the following preface to his article entitled, “No Facebook Fatigue For Longtime Users”:
The story is told of a teenage girl who one day walked into the kitchen and asked her mother, “Can I go to an adult movie with my friends tonight?” She pleaded by saying, “Their parents let them go, and if they can go, why can’t I go?”
A few days ago, while rushing about getting things ready to record a favorite television movie, I reached for a cassette tape to record the movie. As I opened the tape case, I discovered the case
In his book entitled, Know Your Bible, Pulaski, TN: Sain Publications, 1997, pp. viii, ix, Brother Frank J. Dunn lists the following seven reasons why we should all seek to know the Bible:
For many years, we’ve been told through various media that the American dream is to live the “good life.” That “good life” usually consists of having a good job, owning a nice home, driving a new car, and providing our children with the best secular education possible. In later years, the “good life” is a […]
A querist asks, “Can you explain Mark 9:38-39 and Luke 9:49-50? How could someone have performed miracles in Jesus’ name, and not followed Him? What application do these verses have for us today?”
From today’s Montana Street bulletin, comes the following above titled article by Brother Roy Smalling, preacher for the Morningside Drive church of Christ in Alice, Texas:
The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:1-37) is known by most Bible students, but not practiced by many.
In the 2011, volume 49, number 2 edition of The Sword and Staff publication, pg. 2, comes the following proverbs of wisdom (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):
As Jesus approached Jerusalem for the last time, He sent two disciples into the city to bring Him a donkey and told them, “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it’” (Luke 19:28-31).
A querist asks, “What do you consider a hindrance to spiritual growth?” One hindrance to spiritual growth would have to be the problem of neglect (see Hebrews 2:3). It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and there’s more truth to that saying than we might realize. Because of the […]
Most of us know that good communication skills are essential in order to experience a happy marriage relationship, or any other kind of personal relationship. There’s a formula that the famous poet Ogden Nash once wrote that hopefully will help us remember how to communicate more effectively.
If a tree puts on a lot of top growth and few roots, it is liable to be weak-wooded and short-lived. If a tree puts down a great deal of roots and adds shoots more slowly,
By the first of the year, my kitchen cabinets are a mess. Outdated spices, stale cereal; old cans and jars of unusual things (stuffed cabbage leaves or hot mushroom dip??). You probably have the same problem. I simply must clean those shelves.
The most effective way to encourage people not to take something seriously, is to trivialize it. In recent decades, such has been done not only with Satan, but with the eternal domain which the Bible terms “hell.” It’s unfortunate, but this word has been introduced into everyday conversation and used so frequently, that it has […]
Christ as the master teacher (John 3:2) taught his disciples not only by word but by example (John 13:15). He demonstrated by His living how they should live before their heavenly Father. After washing the disciples’ feet (John 13:3-5), Christ explained to them the spiritual “benefits” of serving others (John 13:14-17). In fact, true happiness […]
Psalm 15 gives a vivid picture of the person whose conduct grows out of fellowship with the living God. The question, “Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?” (Psalm 15:1) is answered with examples from everyday living: “He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart” (Psalm 15:2).
In a large metropolis, a newspaper ad showed three people waiting for a city bus. Two of them were bored and listless, while the third was happily playing a game on a small