From the beginning, Satan has grounded his attack on human souls in an attempt to shake our faith in what God has said. The first recorded words of our accuser were, “Did God actually say?”-Genesis 3:1. What the devil knows is, if he can destroy our trust in God’s revealed will, we have nowhere to… Read More »
What Is Wrong With Playing It Safe?
To properly answer the question in the title, we must adequately examine the consequences of taking any risk based on how severe the penalty for getting it wrong will be. How much harm is there if I “play fast and loose” with my chocolate milk recipe? If I don’t measure the milk and chocolate syrup,… Read More »
Restored To Stock
If someone wants to restore an old car, they have to decide if they are going to take a modified approach or they will try to return their hot rod to stock. If you choose to modify the car, anything goes. Put a 350 in your Ford. Slap a ’69 Daytona wing on your Chevy. … Read More »
Home For The Holidays
There is an undeniable, God-given instinct to sit by a fire on the brief days of winter and snuggle loved ones during those seemingly interminable nights. For thousands of years, human society followed the seasons in an effort to stay alive and feed their families. When a family had planted, tended, harvested, and stored the… Read More »
Am I Seeking To Please God?
How I answer the question in the title has a huge impact on my understanding of God’s word. Doy Moyer, minister and professor with the Florida College Biblical Studies department, asked a similar question on his Facebook page this week, “Are We Looking for Questions or Answers?” The person looking to please God will take… Read More »
Nothing New Under The Sun
“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”-Ecclesiastes 1:9 My friend, Brooks Cochran, gave me a book consisting of a series of David Lipscomb’s answers to reader’s questions from the years 1866 to 1910. Lipscomb was the editor… Read More »
Is It Worth The Warm And Fuzzies?
It is all so grand. The Christmas play, the Nativity scene, the midnight mass, Linus, and all the talk about the “Christ child.” It allows us to tut-tut a little public morality about how commercialism has made all those worldly, sinners forget “Jesus is the reason for the season.” In fact, why don’t we have… 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 »
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 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 »