“What Do I Call You?”
When you are around people as a preacher, you can tell that they really are not sure how to refer to us. In the New Testament, people who proclaim the gospel was known as a “preacher,” “minister” or “evangelist” (Romans 10:14; Ephesians 3:7; 2 Timothy 4:5) Personally, it does not really matter to me which […]
Are You Weighed Down?
Phyllis Bottome said, “There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.” In the burden of the Corinthians and their forgiveness of the one who had sinned (1 Corinthians 5:1-2), Paul expressed comfort for their doing right in the midst of that burden (2 Corinthians 1:3-10). We […]
Quit Using “Church of Christ”?
The title “church of Christ” is a scriptural name. In 1 Thessalonians 2:14, the Spirit cited “the churches of God.” However, when he wanted to speak of one specific church, he spoke of “the church of God” (1 Corinthians 1:2). Thus, the singular of “churches of God” is “church of God.” In Romans 16:16, the […]
Fields White Unto Harvest
“Say not ye there are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields that they are white already unto harvest” (Jn. 4:35). Jesus spoke these words to His disciples as He watched the crowd of Samaritans coming to Him from the […]
