In Ezekiel 37:1-14 we read of dry bones becoming alive again. In our Christian walk, we can let outward things “dry us up” spiritually. We need to be aware of…
After reading a part of his second letter to the Christians in Corinth you can’t help but wonder how he manages to keep going (Read 2 Corinthians 11:23-29). Even this…
Would you like to know what it is like to have all your sins forgiven; to have God's Holy Spirit alive and at work in your life; and to be…
How would you sum up your mission, focus, purpose, and devotion in life? People will sometimes draft a motto for life. My motto in life has been for several years…
Most of the Old Testaments uses of the word "confess" occurs in the sense of acknowledging who God is (praise), acknowledging what God has done (thanksgiving), and acknowledging sin (confession).…
The Parable of the Talents is another parable which Jesus uses to illustrate a truth about the kingdom of heaven. In the previous parable we encountered ten virgins, in this…
Repentance is "sorrow". 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 shows that repentance is an outcome of sorrow. Sorrow leads to repentance; sorrow itself is not repentance That repentance is "a changed life". Some…
When most of us hear the word “watchman” our minds produce an image of a single individual who is given the responsibility to keep guard during the lonely hours of…
God expects us to use our minds (Matthew 22:36-38; John 8:32) We do not have to commit "intellectual suicide" in order to have faith. A weak faith is the result…
Many of us as parents have had a child who promised to do something which we told them to do, but never did. They may have explained away their failure…
“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it; redeemed by the blood of the lamb.” When we look at who God is and who Jesus is and all they have done…
You and I have always heard it called “the parable of the workers (laborers) in the vineyard,” but this title assumes that the workers are the focus of the parable.…
Our word for tonight is Kingdom. God's Kingdom has a past, present and future dimension. Listen along as we discuss these as we learn more about the word "Kingdom."
Except in the first year of a new president’s term, the President of the United States speaks to the Senate and the House of Representatives in a joint session of…
The Bible describes the attempt of various people to worship God. Cain and Able brought worship to God and from them we learn that God expects the worshiper to have…
Jesus began the parable by telling us that a certain king decided one day “to settle accounts with his servants” (v. 23) One particular servant is brought to the king…
When you hear the word "fellowship" what typically comes to your mind? Often we think of eating together as a congregation - as a matter of fact, the word fellowship…
When Christ Jesus died He paid the price to free us from the slavery of sin so that we could have a choice in the matter of who our master…
One of the earliest references to the church in the United States is found on tombstone in Paris, Kentucky dated to 1807. In some circles, churches of Christ have held…
In this parable, often called “The Parable of the Dragnet,” Jesus opens a window for us into the future. He warns us of an event which is certain to take…