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...
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 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...
Why I’m Not Ashamed of Different Gender Roles in the Church
God doesn’t make mistakes. When He said, “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Gen. 2:18), He was not saying “Whoopsie daisy!” Instead, He was...
Going to Church as an Act of High Treason
Getting my family to church on Sunday morning sometimes feels like we are recreating the first 10 minutes of “Home Alone.” There is nothing glamorous about it, even...
I don’t remember my high-school math (and I’m okay)
Between you and me, I have a confession to make: I hardly remember anything I learned in my high school trigonometry class. I also can’t write in cursive...
Why It’s So Important To Sing Together
Whenever I get the occasional chance to witness a worship service at a denominational or “non-denominational” church,[1] I’ve always been surprised by how few people in the audience actually...
Why It’s Wrong To Keep Truth And Grace In Balance
We want to be balanced people. It is considered a good thing to have a balanced diet or to keep a healthy balance between work and pleasure. But...