In the mind of some people Bible classes are not important. They may even consider them just “a waste of time.” What should our attitude be toward them? Why do we have Bible classes on Sunday and Wednesday? Do we have classes just because others have them? Do we have classes just so we can say that we are at least doing something. Until we come to learn the significance of them, we will not appreciate them as we should. If we appreciate them, then and only then will attitudes and attendance change for the...Continue reading
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Faithfulness and Bible Study
“WE’RE ALWAYS HERE, UNLESS WE’RE GONE! W. Kent Graham A local business in Atoka, Oklahoma, has an advertising slogan which proclaims, “We’re always here, unless we’re gone!” Every time I see this commercial I cannot help but think of some of our beloved brethren. The story is told of a Christian who was compelled to extol his faithfulness in worshiping God. He rightly asserted that every faithful child of God is present and an eager participant at every designated Bible Study and Worship Assembly. He professed that those who were unnecessarily absent from any...Continue reading
Bible Study
We are to study our Bibles. Isaiah says, “Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord” (Isaiah 1:18). In another passage Isaiah says, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20). We find also in Acts 17:11, “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Still in another place, “Study to show thyself approved unto...