How to Increase Church Attendance
An exact analysis of the causes of nonchurch attendance should be made and an answer given to all excuses and reasons. An accurate examination of these reveals the following facts: All of these causes must be removed before much improvement in church attendance may be expected. The awfulness of sin must be taught and felt; […]
Christ Has Come
Christ has come. He left heaven where He was in the beginning (John 1:1) and entered the world over 2000 years ago. He came as a baby, called Jesus, born of the virgin Mary in Bethlehem (Luke 2:7). His virgin birth was predicted by the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14). Christ also came as Emmanuel, which […]
How Suffering Helps Us
How many of us really enjoy suffering? I’m willing to bet none of us do, but today I want to talk about how suffering can really help us. We see in Ecclesiastes 7:2-3 that it is better to mourn than to feast and in Matthew 5:4, Christ says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they […]
How Parents Push Their Children Away From God
Why are young people leaving the Lord? The rate at which young people are falling away is alarming. Everyone has experienced a young person casting away their faith, either directly or indirectly. It’s devastating. The most important social influence in shaping young people’s religious lives is the religious life modeled and taught to them by […]
How Men Are Drawn to Christ
There are many who believe men are drawn to Christ through gimmicks. They believe the best way to reach people with the gospel is by giving them what they want. In other words, entertain the masses, give them a show, something interesting, and they will come. True, they will come, but for what reason and […]
Help From Above May Come Through Those Below
Obviously, God is omnipotent (all-powerful), and can do anything He wants. But it’s also true that sometimes He elects to act through agents — even human ones. As great and powerful as the gospel is, it is often carried and dispersed through “earthen vessels” (2 Corinthians 4:6-7) — as Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:20, […]
Homosexual “Privacy” and Church “Autonomy”
Homosexuals make the argument that they have the right to do whatever they want in the “privacy” of their homes. In other words, they want to act in a way that is against nature and shameful without any interference (Rom. 1:26-28). Homosexuals do not want the law of the land stopping them or punishing them […]
Homosexuality Is Still a Sin
You are aware of the recent events involving homosexuality. A few are trying to force the rest of us to accept it as a normal behavior, one on par with heterosexuality. This is nothing new. For many years homosexuals have pushed for main-stream status. They even changed the name of themselves from “homosexual” and “sodomite” […]
The Knowledge of Christ
While knowing the things of the world is essential to earthly life, the knowledge of Christ is what every soul needs to live a godly life. Hence, Peter, in his second book, encouraged Christians to “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). Of the words […]
Have You Returned?
“But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: ‘A dog returns to his own vomit,’ and, ‘a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire’” (2 Pet. 2:22). Have you returned to the filth of the world? If you have been born again by believing and being baptized, have you listened […]
