Too Quick to Forgive?
Four weeks ago I preached a sermon on forgiveness. Reaffirming biblical concepts about what trueforgiveness looks like and how to do it, we also pointed out the need not to…
Four Views in Worship
The worship experience of Isaiah in Chapter 6 of his prophecy sheds great light upon themeaning and value of worship for us today. Set in about 742 B.C., these events…
A Common Feature Of All Growing Congregations
Congregations are generally either growing or dying. They are either reaching the lost soulsaround them, or they are not. You can observe this if you look across the brotherhood at…
How’s Your Marriage?
Traditional marriage and the family are under attack in our culture, and many marriages areshowing signs of the strain. From the Covid pandemic to the economic stressors of our time,…
Overlooking Offenses
“The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over atransgression,” (Prov. 19:11).This verse pronounces God’s approval upon the person who overlooks…
Motel Near Mannington
As I write these lines, I find myself once again at a motel, in the midst of a gospel meetingaway from home. It’s been my privilege to preach in many…
Walking With Someone You Love
I have always enjoyed going for a walk, especially on the farm. If you can do it in the coolof the evening, particularly when the shadows are lengthening, the humidity…
Thinking Of Mothers Today
I have been blessed throughout my life to be surrounded by good mothers. On this specialday when we honor mothers and motherhood, I can’t help but think about the many…
Calling Oh Sinner Come Home
Have you left the faith?Some of you who are reading this article are no longer as faithful to the Lord as you oncewere. Your commitment has been shaken, your priorities…
A Churlish Man
A man who is “churlish” is, according to Webster, rude, difficult to work with or deal with,intractable, ill-bred, stingy, boorish. Maybe you have known one or two of them. In…
Obeying When We Don’t Agree
It is, perhaps, easy to “obey” God and follow His directions when we agree with them. Butwhen we are called upon to do something difficult – something with which we…
Some Thoughts On The Priesthood Today
The priests of the Mosaic Age were descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses. “And thoushalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him,…
Bible Questions & Answers
Question: Does the Bible teach that there will be degrees of punishment and reward afterdeath?Answer: Yes it does, and in several ways. Is a jaywalker worthy of the same penalty…
The Song Of Moses
Moses wrote several songs intended as memory aids at various points in his important work.His song at the crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 15) is a masterful poem of…
God Is Family-Friendly
God created the family as we have traditionally known it. He created Adam and Eve, and hemarried them in the garden of Eden, and then he told them to be…
Aaron’s Rod That Budded
The account of the miraculous budding of Aaron’s staff is recorded in Num. 17:1-11. A greatmany of the Israelites had been complaining about Moses (and God), and 14,700 of them…
To Make A Distinction
There is, in the priestly ordinances set forth immediately after the record of the death of Nadaband Abihu, an important insight into the holy nature of God himself. After commanding…
FHU Board Meeting & Lectureship
One of the things which you as a congregation are doing, for which I am deeply grateful, issupporting my service on the Board of Trustees for Freed-Hardeman University, in Henderson,TN….
