In farming or gardening, the productivity of seed is directly proportionate to the fertility of the soil it’s sown in. Even if

In the life of Jesus, the Pharisees and Sadducees would often seek to entrap Jesus with questions so as to destroy His influence as a teacher among the Jewish people. Matthew records one attempt to trap Him by the Pharisees (Matthew 22:15).

On the night of His betrayal, our Lord spoke the following words to His apostles: “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides […]

In Joshua 7-NKJV, we read of the tragic story of Achan. Against God’s command, Achan took some of the spoils of

Identity theft is a big problem in our age of credit cards and the Internet. It”™s not difficult for someone to retrieve our vital information and pose as us. If that were to happen,

Like a lot of other things in our society, our standard of language has declined in recent years, but we don’t have to decline with it. As we strive to be “very careful .… how [we] live” (Ephesians 5:15 NIV), we should think about how to honor God with our words. We please the Lord […]

How important is it for children to heed their parents’ instruction? It could be the “difference” between heaven and hell. As parents, we have been blessed with some of the most precious gifts from God (Psalm 127:3-5; cf. Genesis 33:5). May we never take them for granted and may we ever

Enemies come in all different shapes and sizes. There are physical enemies who seek to take our lives. There are enemies in the business world who would destroy our way of earning a living. There are enemies within families when close bonds have been severed due to a “falling out.” And, there are spiritual enemies […]

Since the appearance of the Christ child (Luke 2:1-14-NKJV), generations of people have longed for peace, but wars still exist. The evolutionist attributes war to our inheritance

The remainder of the chapter is a list of men whose only importance is that they are the ancestors of Abraham, a man not yet mentioned. If not for this connection they would certainly be unmentioned in history. They are mentioned because of the importance of the ancestry of Abraham. From Noah to Abraham, this […]

Here’s a saying we’re all familiar with: “Old age is a matter of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter!”

The following are ten ways in which your congregation can be resurrected from spiritual lethargy: 1) Never be guilty of offering up vain worship to God (Matthew 15:8-9). Your aim and goal should be to worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). 2) Do not tolerate immorality within your congregation: “For out of […]

This year will be packed full of choices we must make. There will be things that we must choose to do or not to do (Joshua 24:15), places to decide to go or not to go (Genesis 13:8-12), people to acquaint ourselves with (Romans 16:1-15) or to ignore (Romans 16:17; 2 John 1:10-11). All sorts […]

In 2 Timothy 4:10 – NKJV, Paul makes this statement regarding his friend Demas, “for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica….”

The story is told of a preacher who found out that his congregation was getting into very serious financial woes. While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several

From time to time, we sing a beautiful song in our worship service entitled, ”Under His Wings.“ The meaning of the lyrics in this hymn are precious to believers.

In thinking of brother Taylor’s abilities to give us practical help in getting down to the business of personal evangelism, we also were reminded of this item, which made the rounds of the bulletins many years ago: The company’s president had given his employees the very best of programs – every type of incentive, motivational […]

This writer enjoys bulletin articles that motivates the reader to “think” about his or her spiritual condition (cf. Luke 15:17; 2 Chronicles 33:12). The following article written by Brother Walter Swain of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, is just such an article:

We have no authentic portraits, images, or likenesses of Jesus that were done during his life and so we really have no understanding of Jesus true appearance. The portraits, images, and likenesses of Jesus that have been done through the years come merely from the artist’s imagination. I understand that in history the first depictions […]

Do we, as Christians, have a responsibility to know for what purpose moneys will be used as we give to those who would ask us for help? Jesus said in Matthew 5:42, “Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.” We read in Ephesians 4:28 […]