Several years ago, some congregations of the Lord’s church began to explore why they were losing so many of their young people. One congregation discovered a correlation

The story is told of a coffee shop that once advertised this special offer: “Buy one of our coffee mugs for $4.49 and fill up your cup for a dime each time you visit.” However, the

When Abraham was 75 years old, God called him to leave the land of his father. And being advanced in years, he departed for the land of Canaan. He

We all know the feeling. We’ve said or done something hurtful to someone we love dearly. The words come back echoing in our mind — we would do

The story is told of a woman who purchased a birthday card containing the following verse:

As humans, we tend to follow the patterns of others (Isaiah 9:16; cf. Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39). The Corinthian brethren followed this tendency, but they shifted their focus away from Christ and onto individual personalities. Rather than emulating the Christ-like qualities of these

In our prison system, the most dangerous inmates endure solitary confinement in small concrete cells. They have virtually no contact with the outside world. One inmate commented that the most difficult part of such isolation was “not being able to see

A lack of dependability pervades every kind of relationship in today’s society. Forty to fifty years ago, we used to routinely hear phrases like: “You have my word on it.” “A promise is a promise.” “You can count on me.” “My word is my bond.” And for the most part, folks meant

There existed in Jerusalem an elaborate temple constructed by Solomon. David had wanted to build God a house but God would not allow him to do so, because he was a man of blood (1 Chronicles 28:3), so Solomon was given the privilege. Its construction

How different an individual’s life would be if everything were done with a view to glorifying God — every thought, every word, every action directed toward this one goal.

Following the news reports during and after the destructive wildfires in southern California, I was struck by three intriguing parallels between the southern California fires and another firestorm

Change is one thing we can be certain of in this life. Our relationships change as we move to new places, experience illness, and ultimately face death (Hebrews 9:27). Even the cells

The biblical word for hospitality means “lover of strangers” (cf. Hebrews 13:2 – NKJV) Sometimes people who visit the Lord’s church feel unwelcome because no one greets

We leave one-of-a-kind fingerprints on everything we touch — on doorknobs, on books, on walls, on keyboards. Some supermarkets are testing a technology that allows

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

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

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

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

A querist asks , “If the firmament is the atmosphere and Heaven is the firmament, does that mean Heaven is all around us?