In January 2004, reporter Craig Bird of the Associated Baptist Press, authored an article entitled, “Even in Churches of Christ, There’s No Sign of Ceasefire in Worship Wars.” He wrote:

The apostle Paul”™s use of the word “departure” in 2 Timothy 4:6 is a nautical term which carries great significance for the Christian. It gives us the idea of “loosing” or

A querist asks, “A preacher of the denominational persuasion was teaching on television that God does not look upon us as being righteous in and of ourselves but looks upon the

The following article by an unknown author will hopefully motivate us as Christians to think about the importance of doing the Lord’s work both individually and collectively:

A querist asks, “There are different words used in the New Testament to describe those who have the oversight of the church:

A querist asks, “Could you show me a scripture in the Bible where it talks about homeless people, and why people become homeless?”

We may not realize it, but the first sermon preached on Sunday is not by the pulpit minister, but by each member of the Lord’s church! Let’s look at and think about a few of

After their death, the lives of former presidents have been honored by various ceremonies of remembrance. For example, we were impressed with the pageantry with which President Ronald Reagan was remembered, and moved by the warm sentiments expressed

In the late 1970s and early 1980s the bus ministry was a really strong work among churches of Christ. On many of the buses would be a sign that said, “J.O.Y.” It didn’t take long to learn that J.O.Y. stood for Jesus-Others-You. “Jesus first, others second, yourself last” was the popular mantra. It was a […]

A querist asks, What is “the doctrine of baptisms” mentioned in Hebrews 6:2-NKJV?

A querist asks, In my study of the New Testament, I’ve noticed the phrase, “in Christ” mentioned many times. My question is, What does it mean to be “in Christ?”

As Christians, we probably know of some member who used to be a faithful disciple of Jesus, but who has reverted to worldly ways (cf. 2 Timothy 4:10). As difficult as it is for us

According to a Wall Street Journal article dated January 21, 2006, at least a dozen multimillionaires have left money to themselves in “personal revival trusts” with the

When Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu came into the presence of General Douglas MacArthur, on board the battleship Missouri to sign the Instrument of Surrender on

There is a lot of spiritual truth in Aesop’s fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare.” In the long run, it’s not our ability, energy, or excitement that accomplishes most in the Kingdom of heaven — it’s the patient, steadfast, and day-in-day-out faithfulness — the determination to keep on keeping on! (cf. Matthew 10:22; Mark 13:13; […]

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). To be in Christ is to be different from what we were before we were in Christ. What one was before being in Christ is “old” and what one […]

A querist asks, “Looking at Acts 5:21 – KJV, what individuals made up the “council” and the “senate of the children of Israel?”

A querist asks, “In our Lord’s sermon on the mount, He made this statement in Matthew 5:4 – NKJV):

A querist asks, “Where do I find the Ten Commandments in The New Testament?” A list of the commandments can be found in Matthew 19:18-19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Romans 13:9; cf. Exodus 20:1-17; Deuteronomy 5:6-21, with the conspicuous absence of

As a purchaser of religious books, this writer is not especially fond of book publishers referring to me as a “consumer” because the word consume can mean “to destroy, by