As Christians, most of us are not engaged in pulpit ministry. Our time between Sundays is spent doing secular work that might not seem to have value for the spread of the gospel. Therefore, we may view ourselves as second-class disciples. That may have been the way some members of the church in Colosse regarded […]

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Precious Life Is life precious? There are so many in the world today who don’t believe such. With the problems of abortion, suicide, and euthanasia, we see that many do not value life. Terrorists that sacrifice themselves to murder others don’t believe in the preciousness of life. The Bible teaches that life is precious and […]

Wars and Rumors of Wars The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. was an event that Jesus predicted in Matthew 24. This prediction came after he rebuked and rejected the Pharisees brand of religion in Matthew 23. It was sad that God’s people had not been faithful and that Jesus rejected them by leaving the […]

Paul At Mars Hill Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill in Athens, Greece was one of the most influential sermons on the western world. By exposing the idolatry of the Athenians, Paul sets forth the one true God. The Athenians response was less than appreciative. Nevertheless, Christianity still survives while the gods of the ancient world […]

Revelation 5:8 and other passages in the book of Revelation talk about there being harps in heaven. If there are instruments of music in heaven, why can we not use them here on the earth in worship to God? Frequently those who defend the use of instrumental music in the worship of the church appeal […]

A reporter once asked President Herbert Hoover, “Mr. President, how do you handle criticism? Do you ever get agitated or tense?” “No,” President Hoover replied, seemingly surprised at the question, “of course not.”

The context of Ezekiel’s writing was during the time of Judah’s 70 year captivity in Babylon. Many of the Jews who were carried away into captivity were innocent, and were not responsible for the sins which had caused Judah to be carried away into Babylon.

A querist asks, “In 1 Corinthians Chapter 7, Paul refers a couple of times to be speaking under “his own opinion” in regard to marriage. In one sense he even basically says “this is

A querist asks, “It would seem that death is all around us. Someone dies – you know the lifestyle they lived was not good, and you know their feelings about God were not good – does one pray for God’s mercy regarding that person?”

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Several years ago, a national dry goods association conducted a survey of sales representatives to determine how many sales calls each representative needed to make on a prospective client before convincing the client to place an order. The results were eye-opening.

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