[Editor’s note: I am aware women who have had an abortion and men who supported (even coerced) them into taking that action may read this article. God loves you and there is forgiveness in the name of Jesus. Please forgive any words you may find hurtful.-JS] The word “life” is more fully a part of… Read More »
What Does The Church Teach? Nothing
“devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.”-I Timothy 4:13 A woman named Lena posted this question on my YouTube channel1 this week, “What churches teach the importance of Baptist [sic] in salvation?” From the context, you can tell she meant baptism. It’s a good question but one based on a… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part V
My Boy Scout leader was a World War II veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient named Billy Meharg. He would tell us a long story and then say, “I’ve said all that, to say this.” Allow me to borrow the idea. To get to today’s article, the groundwork of the Bible story had to be… Read More »
Rightly Handling The Word Of Truth; Part IV
In today’s article, we wrap up our introductory look into the story of the Bible and where major events fit in a timeline of world history. As we switch to the New Testament (NT) we narrow our window of years. The Old Testament was written during a period of a thousand years. The Holy Spirit… 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 »
Roadmap For John’s Revelation
In 2015 I preached a six-lesson series on the book of Revelation. Along with the sermons, we handed out bulletins designed to assist in preparing for each individual lesson. The sermons and written materials are posted on the congregation’s webpage (north2ndcofc.org), but I thought it might be handy to have all the links on a… Read More »
New Testament Quiz
New Testament Bible Quiz How many books are there in the New Testament? ___ 39 ___ 27 ___ 66 ___ 12 What is the common name given to the first four books of the New Testament? ___ the Revelations ___ the Synopsis ___ the Gospels ___ the Acts Which of the following is NOT… Read More »
Bible Quiz 2.0
Faith And Worship Basics Quiz 2.0 What Scripture(s) would you use to teach someone they should contribute to the work of the local church on every first day of the week? What Scripture(s) would you use to teach that the life of Jesus was a fulfillment of prophecy? What Scripture(s) would you… Read More »
Don’t Be A Debbie Downer
I was reading my monthly edition of Pressing On1 magazine this week and realized every congregation is handling the coronavirus pandemic very differently. The theme of this month’s publication is, Corona Virus – Now What? It contained several articles detailing the many changes and hardships associated with this year and how local churches are coping. … Read More »
In A World Of Information, Are We Any Smarter?
In 1986, Antonin Scalia smoked a pipe during his confirmation hearings to become a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. What society considers an acceptable indoor fire container isn’t the only thing to change over the last four decades. During this week’s questioning of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, much has… Read More »
