The Worthy Woman
The role of women in the local congregation is vital to the future of that church. There are a few limitations placed on women compared to the large number of works in which she can be involved. Each congregation would find it difficult to function effectively without the input of the women. Their work is […]
“The World’s Best”
For many years, marketing uses this slogan to help sell their products, but I can attest that most of the time, this isn’t the truth. I can remember a scene from the movie “Elf” where Buddy first arrives in New York City and comes across this place with the sign out front “World’s Best Coffee”. […]
The Way of No Return
In the midst of his suffering, Job longed to die. Who has ever been so blessed and then suffered so much because of the adversity which surrounded him? He longed to die, but death would not come. He described his future in these words: “For when a few years are finished, I shall go the […]
The Walks of Paul
Paul uses the word “walk” many times in his epistles. The verb peripateo occurs 96 times in the New Testament. In the KJV it is translated “walk” in all but three places. As one can see from the passages below, Paul uses “walk” in predominately metaphorical way. Abbott-Smith says that the word is used “metaphorically, […]
“Love Is Love”
The phrase “love is love” became widely used as a rallying cry for the LGBTQ+ rights movement primarily in the mid-2010s, with its popularity significantly increasing around 2014, signifying that love between any two people should be equally valued regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. “Love is love” is a tautology. This is a phrase […]
The Voice of One
Sometimes the most important action to be taken in a crisis situation is the voice of one. Pilate was looking for a voice to support the innocent Jesus. God chose Moses to be the voice to speak out against Pharaoh. It was the voice of Barnabas that put Saul in good standing with the church […]
The Virtue of Self-Control
Several years ago in Washington D.C., a 19 year-old girl was shot because she accidentally bumped a bicycle rider off his bike at a busy intersection. The young man approached her, the two argued, and then he pulled out a pistol and shot her in the head, killing her. Stories like this make us shudder […]
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
The disciples had gathered around the Lord and asked several questions. The Lord had already addressed the question of “who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (Matthew 18:1), when he was asked “how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?” (Matthew 18:21). Peter’s reply was seven, but notice […]
Unborn Child Rights
The recent election was marked by one political party who ran on the main platform of abortion rights. For several years the slogan has been, “My body, my choice.” This reminded me of a well-known landmark (at that time) court case back in the 1990s. A Montgomery, Alabama judge appointed an attorney to protect the […]
The Thrill of Victory
“The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” was a slogan used for many years by ABC’s sports anthology program Wide World of Sports, which ran for 37 years on the network. As you might imagine, the show celebrated all the triumphant moments in sports, along with the catastrophes. The Bible is full of […]