Plurality; Merriam-Webster defines the word as, “the state of being plural.” That’s not much help. Dictionary.com is a little more to the point with, “a number greater than one.” So, one is not a plurality of anything but two or more is. We must have two for there to be a plurality. The number two… Read More »
A New Congregation
[Editor’s Note: Editha Kern passed away this week. Her husband Olin Kern (1934-2009) married my parents (Norman and Jane Sage), eulogized my mother, and was the preacher for the Central Church of Christ in Charlotte, Tennessee at its birth. Brother Kern wrote the following article for Searching The Scriptures in October, 1963. It details the… Read More »
A Time For Choosing, 2022
“And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.”-Acts 14:23 In January of 2021, this congregation completed an 18-month process of selecting men to be ordained as overseers in the church of Christ at North Second Street. The… Read More »
Show Yourself To The Priest
[Editor’s note: Please read this article in its entirety. It is intended as equal parts salt and grace. If the shoe doesn’t fit, don’t wear it. Love ya!-JS] “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”-Luke 5:14 Our world changed 18-months… Read More »
The Last Of What Is Green
As I looked out my window this week, I saw a small bird hurriedly plucking off the last of the green shoots from our crepe myrtle. Summer is gone and the dry season comes on quickly. Shorter days, falling leaves, and empty nut shells left by industrious squirrels lead us toward the dark days of… Read More »
The Word Of God Is A Blessing
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”-Hebrews 4:12 What would the Christian church be without the word of God? Certainly, much of the religious world… Read More »
Something Is True vs. Trust To Carry Me Through
“And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”-Hebrews 11:6 What does it mean to be a believer? What is true faith that has the power to overcome sin? For me, I discovered life-saving… Read More »
Life And Death; Conflict In This World
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,”-Romans 8:28 These words of the Holy Spirit through Paul can be equal parts comforting, perplexing, misapplied, and as Peter would say, “hard to understand,”-II Peter 3:16. To grasp the meaning, we must start with what the word of God is… Read More »
Two Of The Same Man
“It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”-Proverbs 20:14 (KJV) Who did you know? It depends on when you met him. Like the shrewd haggler in the proverb, you may have seen one face before a conflict and witnessed a completely different set of… Read More »
Mid-Year Report 2021
COVID finally got to my brain! I am over a month late on the mid-year report article for 2021. To quote Charlie Brown, “Aaaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh!” To make things worse, we have been missing out on some remarkably encouraging numbers. Take a look and remember, we didn’t start meeting full-time until March 28th. Year … Read More »
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