Barbs …. With A Point

Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles

The following barbs of wisdom come from The Sword and Staff publication, 2009, Volume 47, Number 2; pg. 13 (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):

The professed believer who has not denied himself (Luke 9:23) really has never confessed Christ and could deny him at any time.

Some people would like to make this country the United States of Sodom and Gomorrah (including the politicians who would sell their souls for votes).

Ungodly people would like to prove the Bible wrong because they are not right (see article).

Perhaps the sins that most beset us, we are the more apt to detect (and despise) in others (Luke 18:11).

When we neglect the spiritual, the flesh “automatically” fills the vacuum in our lives (2 Timothy 4:10 – see Demas).

There is nothing that is any more repulsive than “religious” pride (Luke 18:9-12).

It looks like modern educators and public schools would “wise up”; all of the private schools, academies and home schools that have sprung up across the country and proliferated, should tell us something (see article).

If you have repented of your sins, it shouldn’t offend you when sin is preached against.

Religion that is preoccupied with making people feel good, instead of being good, is no good (cf. 1 Timothy 1:1-4; 2 Timothy 4:1-4).

If we don’t love the truth, and appreciate its uniqueness, we are setting ourselves up to believe a lie and to not know the difference (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

Wrong is not right, and no amount of wishing and rationalizing can make it right.

Truth is unbending although some people would try to stretch it all out of shape (Gal. 1:6-7; cf. 2 Peter 2:1-2).

We are saved by the “foolishness of preaching” (1 Corinthians 1:18-31), not by the foolishness and levity being heard in so many churches.

If the elders won’t “pastor” the sheep (Acts 20:28), they need to be “turned out to pasture.”

A feminism that sets itself against family values, does not serve the good of humanity or advance the legitimate cause of womanhood (note the opposite mindset in this article)