In the 1950s and 60s, many churches of Christ experienced heavy teaching on what is permissible or not permissible to do in the building. This became a litmus test for a church’s “soundness” or “faithfulness” to Christ, and many churches split over these matters. The Reason for Debate After the meat is boiled off the…
When the Pevensie children first entered Narnia, Edmund was separated from his little sister and bumped into the White Witch. She immediately identified him as a threat, so she decided to win him over to her side. She spoke kindly to him and asked if he’d like something warm to drink as he was shivering…
Jesus was no limp-handed sissy. During His last week before His crucifixion, He spent His days in Jerusalem (in anticipation of the Passover), teaching and conversing with the Jews in the public spaces. Upon entering the temple, He saw people exchanging money and selling animals for sacrifices, and the sight moved Him to drive those…
In 1987, an eight-year-old boy stood on a picnic table with a slender stick in his hand. He bent his head back and opened his arms wide as if to encompass the great blue expanse and the cotton-white clouds blown about so high above. The boy was on a one-month visit to his grandparents’ house…
A country singer named Jason Aldean recently became the hot topic of the week when folks heard his latest hit: “Try That in a Small Town.” As an example of the many statements against Aldean, in an article slamming him, NPR printed: Threats to outsiders (and the implication those outsiders are from cities) are present…
Let’s continue to examine some arguments made by an article on the Church of God International website entitled “SUNDAY, SATURDAY—WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?”[1] We looked at their first four arguments in a previous article, and we finish with the last three and some final thoughts. They write: The command to keep holy the seventh…
Christians have wrestled with this question over the years, and several small groups preach even today that God wants Christians today to “Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy,” in the same way the Israelites were commanded to keep it. The point out that the Sabbath is rooted in Creation (Genesis 2.1–3: “So God…
I went to the “Churches of Christ” Wikipedia page and saw this at the top: This article is about a specific fellowship of Christian congregations. For Churches of Christ that do not agree with congregational support of church or parachurch organizations, see Churches of Christ (non-institutional). For groups of autonomous congregations in Europe using the name “church…
Whatever God loves, Satan hates. And Satan hates sex. Someone disagrees: “I thought Satan wants us to have as much sex as possible with as many people as possible. It seems he loves sex.” But God created sex, and when He created it, He pronounced it “very good.” He told the first man and woman…
Bekah and I were in our twenties living in a little house in Pinson, AL. Across the street lived a young couple, and we struck up a loose friendship with them. One might consider them, perhaps, typical of their culture and age. She tended towards the Goth trend with dark makeup, dyed hair, and conspicuous…