Category Archives: Bible Blog
I promised more after the earlier post this week by Matt Wilber (fellow minister at Highland) and me. I’m working at home for now today and so these thoughts (including any of their insufficiencies) are mine alone. I have three things I consider especially pressing to write in further response to Bethke’s poetry.
First, following an [...]
A spoken word poem, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus,” has become popular lately. As we write, the video on YouTube has had 13,564,045 views. There are numerous responses, a great many favorable. The young poet, Jefferson Bethke, is giving voice to opinions prevalent among postmoderns whose worldview is often characterized by mistrust of [...]
I recently enrolled in a Master’s program of study and it got me thinking about this question. What makes a good preacher? Is it his education? His manner of speaking? His “people skills”? Is it how much of a balance he strikes between his various duties? Ultimately it’s God’s view that matters and we have to accept the Bible definition. Continue reading
In 1962, a group of dedicated Christians came together under the banner of being “Christians Only” and under the authority of Holy Scripture alone. They began meeting in a local school and eventually bought a piece of property and built a worship facility on South Lowry Street in Smyrna. That group of Christians named their [...]
New Times for Services on Sunday, January 1st:
We will have Bible Class 9:15 a.m.
We will have one morning Worship Service at 10:15 a.m.
We will have a 6 p.m. Worship Service.
A Facebook friend sent me this question and I thought it worthy of a blog post today. Here it is:
“It’s regarding fact that the church of Christ does not celebrate Christ’s birth–but that there is no problem if people celebrate the season at home, etc. Some of our faith have said it should be only [...]
I thought about a number of other things I could write about today, but kept coming back to thankfulness. It’s what’s on my heart this week. God is so good and I want to continue to express my praise for him for the many ways he’s made his goodwill known in my life. I sure [...]
While we ought to be filled with thankfulness to overflowing all year long, this time of year serves as a special reminder. God has been so good to me–so much so I cannot begin to express the depth of my gratitude in words. However, this week and next week I hope to count my blessings [...]
This week‘s family devotional continues a series in which we take a family friendly look at each book of the Bible. If you’re using these Saturday devotionals with your family, please comment with your feedback, or feel free to email me privately. I want to mold these into a format that will be a blessing [...]
What do you revere? Is there something you consider so holy you’ll countenance no disrespect or disdain toward it? A grandparent? A keepsake? A flag? The church? God? I trust the answer is yes with many of you who read this, and it should be yes! Perhaps there is much an honorable person ought to [...]