The story is told that in ancient times, a King had a large boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not […]

As Christians, we’ve all heard and studied the story of Jonah and the great fish. But do we know that the disobedient prophet was “swallowed up” — not once, but three times? 

Our son Brian is an avid football fan, his favorite team being the Dallas Cowboys. The interesting thing about being a Cowboy fan is that the team has a way of letting folks down. While marching down to the goal line, they’ve been known to fumble the football at the one-foot line, missing an opportunity […]

There’s no question that we are concerned about the condition of the world in which we live, and rightly so. The question is: “What can we do to make things better?”

If tomorrow starts without me, And I’m not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears for me;

From the Montana Street bulletin, comes today’s article. The top portion of the article includes a quote by Henry Ward Beecher, while the rest of the article is a quote from Matthew 6:25-34, illustrating the

The following are some thoughts about character that will hopefully cause us to think  about our own character:

“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.” (Galatians 5:15). Somewhere between A.D. 48 and A.D. 58, the apostle Paul sat down to write a letter to the churches of Galatia. This letter was written to address one particular subject: the erroneous teaching that Gentile […]

In Hebrews 10:5 NKJV, the Hebrew writer points out the fact that “…. Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.”The Hebrew writer is arguing that animal sacrifices can never

There seems to be consensus in the religious world that our Lord’s “Sermon on the Mount” is one of the hallmarks of Christianity. As part of His plain teaching regarding the

A querist asks, “What theology does the Church of Christ consider to be correct when considering God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit (Oneness, Trinitarian, Catholic, Arian, or

Since farming was a common employment in the first century, it became the background for a very common figure used in Scripture. For example, Jesus identified false prophets by their behavior and He used vegetation and its produce as an appropriate figure, (Matthew 7:15-20). Jesus also used fruit to describe the

What kind of biblical principles can we learn from the common dog you ask? Those of us who are dog “lovers” (my wife and I have a miniature dachshund) will tell you that there are several Bible principles we can learn from our canine companions by the characteristics they display toward us humans. In this […]

The following rules of interpretation are not some “special rules” belonging only to Bible study. They are identical to the rules that we ordinarily employ in our daily interchange of thoughts between any two rational persons. Applied to Bible study, rules are nothing more than a means of disciplining the mind by which we allow […]

One of the problems of any volunteer organization, is motivating people to do what they have promised to

From a study of the gospels, we learn that the scribes and Pharisees thought of themselves as being the standard of measurement for righteous living. They were the champions of orthodoxy, the

King Hezekiah was a good man, but a man who made a terrible error in judgment. When the king of Babylon sent messengers to congratulate Hezekiah on his recovery from a near-death illness, Hezekiah treated them like honored guests. He welcomed them into his house and showed them

It seems that the days when a real live person greets you on the other end of the phone line is history. Whenever we try to “reach out and touch someone” today, the only

Today, the name Susan Boyle is an international vocal artist, but before she took the stage of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, she was virtually an unknown. Compared to the other contestants on stage, she

The study of the Old Testament (Levitical) offerings is a great safeguard against erroneous views on holiness, sanctification, sin, etc. It is impossible to have a low estimate of what sin really is as we study God’s requirements, and the provision He has made. The order of the Levitical offerings is from the Godward aspect […]