The lesson for our evening worship will center around the idea of confession. There are two main ways we will use the term. There is the general confession of sin a Christian makes as part of turning from unholy to more holy behavior. The first step to reconciliation is an acknowledgement of our need for… Read More »
Chapters And Verses Are Unscriptural
We are nine months into the year of our Lord 2024. How many of us started the year with a plan and a commitment to read the Bible through in a year? How is that going? I would gladly confess at this point that I have not succeeded either. But after several attempts at it… Read More »
How We Speak Of The Divine
I am not a big fan of describing God the Father, Son, and Spirit as “the Trinity.” The word is unknown to Scripture and so are many of the theories to describe the nature of God. I think most doctrines on “the Trinity” are speculative and fall far short. We are trying to describe the… Read More »
Come Follow Me
In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus is baptized by John and tempted by Satan before he begins his teaching ministry. Our Lord spoke with the authority only the Son of God could wield. It is interesting to note, the first two commands he delivers are, “repent” and “follow me.”-Matthew 4:17-19. (The same commands are repeated… Read More »
Choosing A Congregation
Sometimes you choose to do a series. Sometimes a series chooses you! Following on Choosing A Mate and Choosing Your Friends, today we are discussing what we should look for in a local church. Since this is “drop off day” for Austin Peay students, I thought it would be a good time for all of… Read More »
Choosing Your Friends
The first full week of back-to-school has come and gone. On the heels of an article about choosing a mate for a lifetime, it seems an article about choosing friends for the school-year would be timely. Do you remember how terrifying it was to face a new school year? It was made worse if you… Read More »
Choosing A Mate (2024 version)
Editor’s note: This article is from eleven years ago. The first sentence is more true today than then. The rest isn’t bad either, he said humbly.-JS] In the past week, our family celebrated Mother’s Day and the 16th anniversary of Wendy saying “Yes” to a question I am sure she didn’t fully comprehend at the… Read More »
Where We Stand: Women Leading In Worship (part 2)
Welcome to the conclusion of our two-part series on women leading the corporate worship of Christ’s church where Christian men are present. The simple and easily understood teaching of our Lord is women are not allowed to preach or teach when individual Christians are, “gathered together to break bread”-Acts 20:7. This leaves two glaring questions… Read More »
Where We Stand: Women Leading In Worship (part I)
It often makes me wonder what Christians looking down from heaven must think of us right now. Our congregations are slipping off into apostasy in such an open and blatant way. It is quickly becoming a minority view to say a woman should not lead a congregation during worship. So, what would Peter, Chloe, Paul,… Read More »
The Treasure of the Kingdom
I have always been fascinated by Monaco. It is a city for the rich and famous in the South of France. If I were James Bond, I would vacation in Monaco when there were no super-villains to chase. When I was a kid, Wide World of Sports would show the Grand Prix of Monaco and… Read More »
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