In 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14-15 and 1 Samuel 18:30, the writer tells us that David “behaved wisely.” In fact, he behaved “more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed” (1 Samuel 18:30).
A few years back, a major city was blanketed with posters showing a single drop of water splashing into a pool. Each poster bore the words, “This City Is Against Corruption.” The message was clear — integrity or dishonesty permeates a city one person at a time. It’s sometimes easy to compromise in little things, because they […]
The following story by an unknown author is one that illustrates our need as Christians to lean upon the Lord for strength in helping us get through the difficult times of life:
If someone were to ask us to prove the necessity of baptism using only one Scripture, could we do it? Let us see if Acts 22:16 can fill the bill.
Brother David P. Stevens, preacher for the Groveport church of Christ in Groveport, Ohio, has written an insightful article entitled, “God Is Good!” His Bible-based article emphasizes God’s caring provision for the nation of Israel during their 40 years of wilderness wanderings — an amazing feat!
Regarding this common “argument” that one can be saved without baptism because the thief on the cross was saved, here are six responses: 1. One doesn’t know that the thief wasn’t baptized under John’s baptism. It would be impossible to prove one way or the other that the thief on the cross was baptized. In […]
The president of a large manufacturing company wanted to talk to the plant manager about an urgent matter. But the manager’s secretary
The author of Psalm 84 (one of the sons of Korah) had an undying love to worship in God’s house. Some commentators have speculated that for a time, this temple singer was unable
Please open your Bibles to Job 3:11-19 Vs. 11-12 – In these verses, Job questions why he didn’t die at or near birth. He indicates this in several manners. First he wonders why he did not die in the womb from complications of pregnancy. Second he wonders why he didn’t die after childbirth perhaps due […]
In 1 Corinthians 1:10 the apostle Paul makes the following plea: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” […]
As I observed my birthday yesterday, March 12th, the following are some reflections on the sixty-nine years that God has granted me on this terrestrial ball called earth (Acts 17:24-26; cf. Isaiah 42:5). I’ve learned: 1) To stay out of other people’s business (1 Thessalonians 4:11).
A querist asks, “Regarding the temptation of Christ in Matthew 4:1-10, was Jesus really tempted since He is Deity? Sin is separation from God, so could Jesus have really sinned if He is God?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is changing the way we work, travel, and play. Using the signals from multiple satellites, an inexpensive GPS receiver can compute our
An anonymous author once made this true statement, “We cannot live our lives alone, for other lives we touch, are either strengthened by our own, or weakened just as much.“
One of the characteristics of the people at Athens was that they were always interested in hearing about something new. Luke records this attitude for us in Acts 17:31 where he writes, “For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some […]
When an apple tree begins to run to wood and leaves instead of fruit, the farmer severely crops it. Almost always, the tree begins to bear fruit. It is equally true that people whose lives seem to be purposeless, may direct their energies toward more purposeful living once they have been wounded or hurt in […]
The following article by Brother Frank Chesser, is taken “From Truth,” Dallas Avenue Church of Christ, Lancaster Texas, December 3, 1995, Guardian of Truth XL: 9 p. 11, May 2, 1996:
From the 2008, volume 46, number 2 edition of The Sword and Staff Publication, pg. 2, comes the following proverbs of wisdom (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):
A querist asks, In Gal. 3:24 KJV, Paul declares that “the law was our schoolmaster [tutor – Gal. 3:24 ASV] to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” Can you
In the more “progressive” churches of Christ today, there are members who think that worship to God should take on the aura of an entertainment spectacle, rather than an humble, respectful, and solemn worship to our Creator.