Calmness In Time Of Emergency
Perhaps the worst thing people can do during a time of national crisis is panic. Fear leads to irrationality, and irrationality leads...
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Coping In Time Of Emergency
On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency effective March 1, 2020 due to the COVID-19 (“new coronavirus”)...
Read more Jesus, Friend Of Sinners
And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them. And...
Read more What Has Christianity Done For Women?
It distresses me greatly when I hear of people, especially our young people, being taught that Christianity is degrading to women. It is not...
Read more Verbal Inspiration
The phrase “verbal inspiration” refers to the process by which God the Holy Spirit guided the Bible writers as they wrote, by selecting from their...
Read more Your Church Home
It has been observed that the word “home” is the most endearing word in the English language. Home is a place of warmth and...
Read more Your Worldview
When people speak of their “worldview” they generally refer to their philosophy of life or their conception of the world around them...
Read more The Wisdom of God vs. The Foolishness of Men
Have you noticed that the things which impress most people mean very little to God, and the things which really matter to God are often...
Read more Denominationalism
I have long believed that denominationalism is one of Satan’s most effective tools, even though when I say that, the denominationalists gasp in...
Read more Disruptions To Church Unity
When a congregation is working in unity, the cause of Christ is greatly blessed, and Satan’s cause is threatened. A unified...
Read more Lest Thou Forget
Perhaps you have heard the old joke that there are three signs of getting old: the first is a loss of memory, and I can’t remember the other...
Read more Common Myths About Christmas
Every year about this time, my late friend Warren Kenney would preach a sermon on the widespread myths or misunderstandings surrounding the...
Read more Good Elderships
One of the features of great congregations which are fully and scripturally organized is that they have good elderships. This is usually one of...
Read more God’s Law Of Exclusion
In the Bible we find generic as well as specific commands. Generic commands are general in nature and do not specify any particular method for...
Read more Deathbed Repentance
You may have heard this expression used to describe what someone supposedly did in order to be saved, immediately before they died. After living a...
Read more In One Place
Should the Lord’s church assemble in one place? And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:1...
Read more 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...
Read more 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...
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