An Enemy Hath Done This
A wise, experienced farmer surveyed his new wheat crop, and noticed something dreadfully wrong. There among the young wheat plants were tares...
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Calling Him Lord
Calling Jesus our “Lord,” and behaving like he truly is our Lord are two very different things. Jesus highlighted the difference with a probing...
Read more Our Christian Schools
When we speak of “our Christian schools,” several reminders are probably in order. First, they are “ours” in the sense that we are associated with...
Read more Some Questions We Should Be Asking
People who grow and mature are people who ask questions. I taught a college course in Business Law for about 10 years, and I could always tell the...
Read more Lessons From The Farm: Firewood
It’s no coincidence that Jesus often used farming illustrations in his public teaching. He would talk about sowing the seed, various soil...
Read more Giving Thanks
When I was a boy, meal times always began by giving thanks. We would bow our heads around the family table, and my dad would word a prayer of...
Read more Should We Change?
Everyone probably understands the need to change methods or ways of carrying out scriptural obligations, especially when new and improved methods...
Read more James: A Book Of Practical Christian Living
The most memorable and helpful preaching and teaching I have heard is always the most practical. All the theories in the world mean very little if...
Read more How The Holy Spirit Is Working In Us
Those who claim that the Holy Spirit is working in them directly, (that is, separate and apart from the word of God), often underestimate the...
Read more Bible Questions And Answers
Question: Does the Bible teach that there are degrees of punishment and reward after death? Answer: Yes it does, and in...
Read more What Christianity Does To Racism
During a recent visit in the city of Nashville, we had the opportunity to tour the beautiful Belle Meade Plantation. Originally purchased in 1807...
Read more Opportunities Lost: The Invitation
There is an old saying, “Opportunity knocks but once—and then is gone.” The truth of that statement is attested by Paul’s repeated command...
Read more How To Revive A Dead Church
The Bible teaches that a congregation may exist, may even be engaged in various works, and yet be spiritually dead. The ancient church at Sardis...
Read more Bible Questions And Answers
Question: I’ve heard preachers say in their lessons, and people waiting at the Lord’s table, that we “remember the Lord’s death...
Read more If I Were Trying To Destroy America
God Bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with the light from above. From the mountains, to the...
Read more Christian Counseling
Last week I finished an online course entitled, “Ministerial Counseling,” part of my graduate studies through Freed-Hardeman University. As...
Read more VBS Memories
Now that the “dust has settled” following our big week of Vacation Bible School, I wanted to share a few personal thoughts. I think it...
Read more Carry On Without Me
There are occasional reminders in our lives of just how unimportant we really are. Maybe God puts them there to keep us humble. I remember when I...
Read more By This Shall All Men Know
In John 13:34-35, our Lord said, “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one...
Read more Forgiving Yourself
If you have trouble forgiving yourself, you are by no means alone. One of the problems we see over and over in the church and in the world...
Read more You’ve Given Enough
God’s people have always been among the most generous people of the world. Both in their contributions to the church as well as their private help...
Read more Though Ye Know Them
“Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with...
Read more How I Remember Tom Holland
Last week my friend, Tom Holland, went on to that heavenly land “which knows no parting.” Tom Holland was the most influential Bible teacher I...
Read more Singing About Fellowship
I grew up singing about fellowship. Have you ever stopped and thought about the many songs we sing about this important subject? Fellowship...
Read more Why The Insistence Upon Bible Authority?
One of the fundamental questions we in churches of Christ are sometimes asked is: “Why do you place such emphasis on the need for Bible...
Read more Is Forgiveness A Lost Art?
Holding grudges, threatening retaliation, keeping score, falling out with on old friend, nurturing hard feelings, posting a stinger on Facebook —...
Read more Socialism: A Christian Response
By now probably everyone has noticed the huge uptick in national discussion about socialism. One of the major parties is featuring presidential...
Read more Just One Generation Away…
Like me, you may have heard the sobering statement that “the church is always just one generation away from apostasy.” A sort of reality check, it...
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