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Maybe Churches of Christ Aren’t So Backwards After All
August 14, 2018
What Must I Do To Be Forgiving?
May 29, 2018
Where Do Christians Draw the Line on Movies?
April 16, 2018
When “Book, Chapter, Verse” Becomes A Bad Thing
October 3, 2017
Jesus Died to End Abortion & Racism
August 15, 2017
Apologetics & Outreach
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
Don’t Just Take The Bible Literally
Skeptics and non-believers frequently look for “gotcha” moments to pin on Christians. One of their favorite questions...
June 10, 2015
“God Accepts Me As I Am” (The Defense Series)
[Welcome to The Defense Series. The aim of this series is to help Christians more effectively “make a defense” (1 Pet....
August 4, 2014
Bible & Theology
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
Protecting the Lord’s Supper: Why I Like that Little Cup & Wafer
If a Christian from the 1st century could travel forward in time to the 21st century and visit a typical worship service among...
June 21, 2017
What Must I Do to be Lost?
Sometimes people get caught up in discussions about what sins will send a man to hell. Usually, the “really bad” sins, like adultery...
May 31, 2017
Christian Living
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
Where Do Christians Draw the Line on Movies?
“Don’t watch anything you wouldn’t watch with Jesus sitting next to you.” Most of us have heard advice like this. And I don’t...
April 16, 2018
Protecting the Lord’s Supper: Why I Like that Little Cup & Wafer
If a Christian from the 1st century could travel forward in time to the 21st century and visit a typical worship service among...
June 21, 2017
Why is it Sometimes Difficult to Know God’s Will?
Sometimes I wish the Bible were more specific about some things. When making big decisions – when studying particularly complicated, hot-button topics in...
May 10, 2017
Ministry & Leadership
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”...
Is Your Church A Hospital For The Sick, Or A Breeding Ground For Disease?
The more I learn, and the longer I minister to other Christians, the more I marvel at the genius of God’s design for the church. It is, after...
The Preacher Rules
I grew up being taught the preacher rules. Not “rules” as in “dictatorship,” but “rules” as in “guidelines.” These rules refer to how a preacher counsels and interacts...
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
