Attitudes Toward Sin and Error

In 2 Timothy 4:3-4 the apostle Paul warned young Timothy that “the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” Paul told Timothy […]

Alexander the Great

Once when Alexander the Great laid siege to a city, he had a great lamp set up, and he kept it burning night and day as a signal to the besieged. He sent word to the people in the city that while the lamp was burning, they had time to save themselves by surrender. But […]

Lessons From the Churches of Revelation: Laodicea

Do you care for what is written in this article? If I wrote and said that baptism is not essential for salvation, would it matter to you? It would not have mattered to the church in Laodicea based upon what we know of them in Revelation 3:14-22. During the time of the Roman Empire, Laodicea […]

Lessons From the Churches in Revelation: Ephesus

When considering books of the Bible to study, Revelation is the one that people want to study, but are always nervous to do so due to the level of figurative language it contains. However, we have two chapters in the beginning of the book that do not use figurative language, and address seven churches in […]

Where Will You Be?

Our gospel meeting is only a week away. Our congregation has promoted the meeting for the last several weeks and I hope everyone is anxious for a good turnout and a good number of visitors from the community. But regardless of the attendance figures, this gospel meeting will be a success or failure largely based […]