Judging With Righteous Judgment

The ability to reason from observable evidence to reach a conclusion is God-given. The ability to reason manifests itself every time we make a judgment about a person or action. However, judgment is so serious a responsibility that there are admonitions in scriptures warning us to judge with righteous judgment. Jesus Himself warns, “Judge not […]

Should I Attend a Dance?

Should a Christian or anyone who wants to be godly attend the Homecoming dance or Prom? There are a lot of high school activities in which young people can involve themselves. Many of these are appropriate, but that does not mean that every school activity is one in which they should be involved. How does […]

How Jesus Used the Scriptures

One’s view of the scriptures does affect his use of them. One needs to go no further in Bible study to learn this principle than the life of Jesus Christ, though he can also observe the principle in other ways. Jesus used the Old Testament writings as He did because He believed them to be […]

Mistaken Notions From Death

A few short weeks ago, Lufkin experienced a deep loss: a young man died in a terrible accident. It shocked our community and many people took to social media to discuss the loss. While I don’t want to cause anyone closely associated with the young man any undue grief, there was an idea frequently expressed […]

“I Am Amazed”

Think of the kinds of things the apostle Paul experienced in his life. It is quite an impressive list. He saw and heard the risen Lord (Acts 9:3-6). He traveled to Arabia and Europe, visiting many famous sites of the ancient world. A pagan priest tried to worship him as a god (Acts 14:8-18). He […]

Jeremiah’s Prophecy About the Ark

Jeremiah 3:16 reads, “And it shall come to pass in those days … saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, neither shall it come to mind, neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.” The ark of the covenant […]

Does Paul Contradict James?

Martin Luther called the epistle of James an “epistle of straw” while defending his doctrine of faith only. He was baffled at the fact that Paul said we are justified by faith and not by works (Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8-9), and James said that we are justified by works and not by faith only (James […]

What Is Wrong With One Drink?

A generation ago, it was a given that if you belonged to a denominational church, you did not drink. Period. End of discussion. Drinking was something that Lutherans and Catholics did. People in denominations did not want any part of it. However, the denominational consensus against social drinking has largely evaporated in the last several […]

“Traditional” Authority?

It is pretty common for the issue of establishing biblical authority to surface occasionally. I have observed a couple of instances of this lately on Facebook. The “traditional” way of establishing authority, which involves command, example, and necessary inference, is derided for a “better” way, but this “better” way is a vague way with no […]

The Old Testament and Music

Several people who disagree with our contention that instrumental music is unauthorized in the New Testament make the claim that instrumental music is authorized by the command to sing Old Testament psalms. Since we are commanded to sing psalms in the New Testament (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16), it follows that we are permitted to practice […]

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