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Letters to the Church: A Review
October 15, 2018
Five Ways to Improve Your Prayer Life
October 3, 2018
Christianity That Is Appealing to Atheists
September 26, 2018
A Sin Is a Sin!?
September 24, 2018
Guilt: A Blessing and a Curse
September 18, 2018
Apologetics & Outreach
Christianity That Is Appealing to Atheists
I was a happy atheist. I didn’t sense a need for any kind of religion in my...
September 26, 2018
The Church I Couldn’t Ignore
Church is a dirty word to some people. It was to me. The entire church thing seemed...
August 21, 2018
Maybe Churches of Christ Aren’t So Backwards After All
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.” These famous words of Benjamin Franklin...
August 14, 2018
7 Tips for Thinking Right about Bible Translations
1. The King James Version was not the first English translation. John Wycliff translated the first English...
November 21, 2016
What Does The Bible Say About Transgenderism / Gender Dysphoria / Gender Identity Disorder
Our culture is changing so rapidly in regards to human sexuality that it takes your breath away....
June 23, 2015
Bible & Theology
Letters to the Church: A Review
**This is not a review of the theology of Francis Chan nor of the appropriateness of using denominational material. Those are important things...
October 15, 2018
Christianity That Is Appealing to Atheists
I was a happy atheist. I didn’t sense a need for any kind of religion in my life. However, I wasn’t completely closed-minded...
September 26, 2018
When “Book, Chapter, Verse” Becomes A Bad Thing
Few Bible characters take as much of a beating from our pulpits today as the Pharisees. It seems everyone wants his turn in...
October 3, 2017
A Crash Course on God’s Providence
There’s some confusion about God’s providence. To be frank, I don’t quite understand it that well myself. That is not to say, however,...
August 10, 2017
The Real Meaning of Matthew 18:20
When two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in their midst. To be sure, these are words of reassurance....
July 11, 2017
Christian Living
Five Ways to Improve Your Prayer Life
In a world where we can communicate in so many different ways with so many different people many Christians struggle to communicate with...
October 3, 2018
A Sin Is a Sin!?
“A sin is a sin!” I have heard that statement all my life used to make the point that sin is a universal...
September 24, 2018
Guilt: A Blessing and a Curse
It's both a blessing and a curse. An instrument used by Satan to cause us to sink into a great pit of despair...
September 18, 2018
What Must I Do To Be Forgiving?
You know this feeling. Someone has wronged you (either recently or in the past) and the hurt festers within you until it dominates...
May 29, 2018
Ministry & Leadership
Letters to the Church: A Review
**This is not a review of the theology of Francis Chan nor of the appropriateness of using denominational material. Those are important things to discuss, but too many...
Introducing The New PSF!
I have long felt inadequate as a writer for PlainSimpleFaith. Many of the topics I have addressed are bigger than me, and when I write I seldom feel...
Resources To Help Get You Unstuck
Scripture is just as essential today as it was millennia ago. But it is your job – the teacher, elder, preacher, blogger, etc. – to teach it in...
Keep Those Visitors Coming Back (Part 2)
Everyone is looking for something, which is why your church has visitors. Some are looking for a place that has a strong youth program for their kids. Others...
Keep Those Visitors Coming Back (Part 1)
Fact: Your church will have visitors who never come back. Some will leave after settling their mere curiosity about what you’re all about. Some will leave because what...
Preachers, Take That Hobbyhorse Out To Pasture
Sam and Veronica, a young couple, are expecting their first child in the next few months. They are scared, because in the last 2 years they have had...
Working Together: Protecting The Precious Elder/Minister Relationship
This is a guest post by Bryan Dill, the pulpit minister at the Holly Hill church of Christ in Frankfurt, KY. Bryan recently presented this material at Holly...
Mistakes Shepherds Make In Practicing Church Discipline
God, in His perfect judgment, has designed the local church to be led by shepherds (cf. Acts 20:28; 1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9). They are to oversee the...
Discipline: How The Bride Of Christ Keeps Herself Pure
One of the greatest acts of love is church discipline. God “disciplines the one He loves” and “chastises every son He receives” (Heb. 12:6) because the aim of...
Discipline Isn’t A Four Letter Word
The world has infiltrated our churches. In our homes and in our school systems, “discipline” has been replaced with “positive reinforcement,” “verbal affirmation,” and “therapeutic rotten ninny making”...
Current Events
Jesus Died to End Abortion & Racism
My heart is heavy this week. I can’t rid my mind of the news of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville this week,...
August 15, 2017
A Tale of Two Gods: How Calvinism’s God & the Bible’s God are Two Very Different Gods
One very popular denominational preacher and writer, John Piper, is famous for saying that “all things” – even down to the subatomic level...
July 26, 2017
Stop Saying “Everything Happens for a Reason”
After a tragedy, sometimes a well-meaning person will comment, "Everything happens for a reason." Is that so? If the person making this statement...
July 19, 2017
How To Handle Online Disagreements
You get an E-mail – a Tweet – a comment – a private message through Facebook, only to discover someone disagreeing with you...
May 23, 2017
How to Trick People into Rejecting Biblical Authority (Hint: Many of Our Churches are Doing a Pretty Good Job)
The road to hell isn’t obscure or hard to find. It is a super-highway, lined with familiar faces and paved with sincerity and...
April 18, 2017
Ethics & Morality
A Sin Is a Sin!?
September 24, 2018
When Giants Fall
September 12, 2018
Letting Go of Lying
August 30, 2018
