Dads, Your Children Need You
When the inspired apostle spelled out the sort of men who would be the elders for our congregations, he told us to pay attention to the kind of...
Christian Living
Why Christians Cannot Afford to Give Up
He quit. He did not even wait until the game was over. He just quit at halftime with two quarters of football left to be played. These were...
Making Sense of Controversy in the Lord’s Church
A person would have to be like the proverbial ostrich with his head in the sand to be unaware of conflicting views among the Lord’s people these days....
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 God. God has blessed His...
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 problem (Rom. 3:23) that always...
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 and a wonderful tool which...
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 your thoughts throughout the day....
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 think it’s bad advice. I’ve...
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 churches of Christ, I doubt...
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 categories of worship, morality, or...