A sudden loss of control is God’s way of reminding us we are powerless. Climbing up the steps to the white class room building recently, jogged my memory on this issue. There are brand new steps going to those classrooms. But the ones there before were a public hazard. One drizzly day, I took one… Read More »
What New (All!) Christians Need To Know
This article is a follow-up from last Sunday night’s lesson. I was conscious of how quickly I was working through the material and wanted to slow things down and print out the verses for further personal study. May God bless our efforts. There is a shift between the process of becoming a Christian and what… Read More »
Command, Example, and Inference: A Case Study 3/3
Welcome to our third and final article dedicated to understanding and applying Command, Example, and Inference (CENI) in a quest to better understand the Bible. CENI is not a hermeneutic in the scholarly sense. It is better to think of the historical-grammatical method (HGM) as the dominant process for understanding the Scriptures within churches of… Read More »
Command, Example, and Inference: A Case Study 2/3
Welcome to part two of a three-part series on Command, Example, and Inference. The first lesson of our study focused on the Enlightenment. This intellectual movement in Europe believed truth could be known by an application of observation, the scientific method and common sense. The United States government is a product of Enlightenment thought applied… Read More »
Truth Matters
I have always been impressed with this quote from author, apologist, and thinker C.S. Lewis, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” It reminds me that talking about spiritual things is not about winning an argument or convincing someone to… Read More »
Toward a More Uplifting Worship
How many of us know when we will be serving the congregation before we arrive for services? I would imagine there is a great variety of preparedness. The men of the congregation truly serve their fellow Christians when they guide our minds in worship. With that in mind, I wanted to provide some Scriptures for… 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 »
Priestly Service
“you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”-I Peter 2:5 We often make the point all Christians are saints and priests. There is no place in Scripture where a local minister is referred to as… Read More »
I Have Desired To Eat This Lord’s Supper
“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”-Luke 22:15-16 Nineteen days, three months, and one year have passed since we met at our traditional times and observed the Lord’s Supper in our… Read More »
COVID-19 And Afghanistan
Parades are important. We have all seen pictures and old news-reel footage of the end of World War II. Victory in Europe and Japan sent Americans into a frenzy of appreciation and celebration. After a long period of sacrifice, hope, and fear; Americans were free to kiss nurses and let the confetti fly. The certainty… Read More »