Barbs …. With A Point

Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles

The following barbs of wisdom come from The Sword and Staff publication, 2008, Volume 46, Number 4; pg. 13 (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):

The most foolish people are those who have fooled themselves (Gal. 6:3).

When our values are gauged by material things, we are thereby devalued as human beings (Luke 12:15).

If we think and feel that God’s commands are burdensome (grievous), that may be an indication of a rebellious, unrepentant, and even an unconverted heart, that does not know God (1 John 2:3-5; 1 John 5:3; cf. Deuteronomy 6:24-25).

If you have constant diet of television, your moral perception will become tasteless.

Preachers can experience “burn out” when they are on fire for the Lord, but are unable to ignite this flame in others (1 Kings 19:1-18; cf. Romans 11:1-4). The remedy is simple.

When we are lifted up with pride, we are really on the way down (Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12).

It is a disgrace how some would pervert grace by (1) permissive license (Jude 1:4) and by (2) a stilted legalism (Gal. 2:21).

A “Hot head” and a “cold heart” are a bad combination in one person.

Some people think that they have all of the answers until they have children, then they find that their children have all of the answers.

There is something wrong with our brand of religion if it doesn’t fill our lives with hope and change the way that we live (Romans 12:1-2).

Much of modern worship, so-called, is glaringly man-centered (Colossians 2:23 KJV) and entertainment oriented (as evidenced by the applause).

To say that the coming together of two people of the same sex (even legally) as marriage, is to mock God and what God has said (Genesis 2:18-24), but God is not mocked (Gal. 6:7).

Christianity is not at work in our lives, nor does it work at all, unless it works every day in the workaday world.

It has been said that good things come too those who wait, but then again if we wait too long, life may just pass us by.

Sometimes we are not even committed to being committed to the Lord (cf. Hebrews 3:5-12; Hebrews 6:1-6; Hebrews 10:21-25).