An elder once told about some church members who came to him for advice. They wanted to know of a way to get rid of their preacher. Sensing that they were not being fair in their criticism, he gave them the following suggestions:
A querist asks, “A man is reading his Bible, wanting to know what God’s will is. In what way is this man to know God’s will?”
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. Some are 100 feet long and can weigh over 175 tons. The largest one ever measured had a heart the size of a Volkswagen!
Brother Steve Higginbotham, who preaches for the South Green Street Church of Christ in Glasgow, Kentucky, has recently returned from a trip to Israel.
As we read the gospel accounts regarding the rising sentiment of animosity toward Jesus among the so-called “religious” leaders of His day, we see that this hostility was not unanimous. For example, we see Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council,
The following article was written by Brother Dan Gibson, former preacher for the Montana Street congregation. In his good article, Brother Gibson emphasizes our need to not “play like” we are Christians, but to actually “be” a Christian — believers who are filled with zeal and enthusiasm:
In the giving of ourselves to others (including our time, talents, money, etc.), we make known to them the essence of Jesus’ character, for it has always been His nature to think more about
In 190 A.D., Roman legions who were victorious over Spain, built an aqueduct in Segovia (see History). For some 1,800 years, it carried sparkling water to the hot and dusty Segovians. About the turn of
A querist asks, “In Hosea 4:6, the text says that God’s people were to be ‘destroyed’ for their lack of knowledge. Does this term suggest complete annihilation — a state of non-existence?”
As the story goes, a preacher and a soap manufacturer were walking down a street one day. As they walked, they noticed how people were endangering others by driving too fast in a school zone, not stopping at stop signs, and running red lights.
A young Christian was working at his first job on the night shift at a refrigerator assembly plant, trying to earn enough money so he could attend a Christian college. His fellow
Joshua 22:1-34 records an instance of incorrect first impressions. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh had built an altar near the Jordan. When the other
The story is told of a mother squirrel who one day had taken up residence in a bat house attached to the side of a tree. When her young son climbed out and fell to the ground, the mother rescued him and brought him back up to the bat house and repeatedly tried to stuff […]
A querist asks, Can you please explain what “Corban” meant to the Jewish mind in Mark 7:11? The text in Mark 7:11-13 (cf. Matthew 15:1-9) reads:
When I was learning how to drive back in the early 1960’s, there was never any mention of “road rage” or being “cut off.” Angry drivers weren’t a big problem in that era.
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, CBS News reported that a man with a cell phone experienced the alarm of that cell phone to go on and off repeatedly, interrupting a performance of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The ringtone on the cell phone was so distracting, that the conductor of the orchestra had to simply […]
As Christians, we know about the blessings Jesus spoke of in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-10). However, there is a “blessing” from the Old Testament that is less well-known: “Blessed is he who considers the poor” (Psalm 41:1).
The following questions may sound “strange”, but are they really? Let’s seriously think about these questions and take action to correct our thinking if we are guilty of any of these:
In ancient times, the elder men in every city sat alongside the gate, to greet visitors and to dispense wisdom and judgment to the citizens of the community as they came and
We all have walked rose-strewn paths And wept tears of joy through the years. Then suddenly the dark clouds gather, And we cry, “Dear Lord, dry our tears.”