“A word of explanation is due the church. This concerns my absence from the pulpit last Sunday Morning. I had not anticipated the uproar it caused among members. I know that once you hear the circumstances, though, that you will fully understand. I had really intended to be present, but Saturday afternoon a whole carload of my wife’s folks pulled into the driveway. It had been more than a year since we had sent hem, so we hurriedly packed a picnic supper and headed for the lake. We were after dark getting back. “I remembered...Continue reading
Category: Faithfulness
Look Out!
When one takes their driving test, there is a section on the test that deals with road signs. There are many different kinds of road signs. Around here lately we have had our share of road signs that are warning signs. Some are on I-75; some have been on I-475, some on our surface roads (like the ones on Houston Road.). We must heed these warnings or pay the consequences. One such sign would be that a bridge is out. If one traveled the road that had this kind of sign on it, and did...Continue reading
Bible Class Attendance
Bible Class Attendance Stephen Wiggins (Brethren, this article was submitted for our consideration. To some this article may hit quite hard, but if you have yourself being addressed with the comments the author makes, then I would hope that you would be honest with your attitude toward the Bible Study classes and desire to make the appropriate changes within your heart and life.) I stand in utter amazement as to why so many members of the Lord’s church neglect our Bible study morning and Wednesday nights. By their lack of attendance these Christians show that...Continue reading
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
The Cracked Pot
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on opposite ends of a pole he carried across his neck. One pot had a crack in it; the other was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house. The cracked pot arrived only half full. For two years the bearer delivered one and a half pots full of water to his master’s house daily. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. The cracked pot was...Continue reading
What Can We Do?
This is an interesting question due to the political climate today. We think that we are just one citizen and what can we do to help. There is always a lot we can do. One thing for sure we do not need to do nothing! That is a sure way to lose ground and let the enemy do what they please. This is also an interesting question due to our religious climate today too. Yes, there are things you can do to help yourself and also help the church. What can you do? Here they...Continue reading
Faithful
While on vacation several people asked me about this word, what does it mean? I thought this would be something that we could do in the bulletin this year is to define words in our Bibles. There will be several helps, really dictionaries that will help us. One is Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. Another is Thayer’s Greek – English Lexicon of the New Testament. Another is Strong’s Concordance, which has a dictionary in the back of it. Of course there will be the context of the word that will help us to...Continue reading
Silencing The Lamb
Glenn Alexander I’m afraid the voice of our dear Savior is being heard less and less in the worship services in our brotherhood. Dire predictions have surfaced in recent weeks. Of great concern are the words of Ron Cook in the Sunday edition of The Tennessean dated, August 29, 1999. Forecasting looming changes in our worship as in introduction of instrumental music he said, “Instrumental music is already apart of youth events that happen at churches. Teenagers love Christian music. Music is a fact of life. It’s inevitable.” Ray Waddle, who wrote the newspaper article,...Continue reading
Bible Class Attendance
Stephen Wiggins I stand in utter amazement as to why so many members of the Lord’s church neglect our Bible study morning and Wednesday nights. By their lack of attendance these Christians show that they obviously do not attach very much importance to studying the Bible together with God’s saints. They seem not to know that it has always been characteristic of faithful Christians everywhere to attend and take part in, if at all possible, these periods Bible study every time the church comes together for such a purpose. These sporadic and infrequent Bible study...Continue reading
Sacred Matters Demand Proper Respect
It has amazed me for years to see folks demand proper respect for sacred matters in the Lord’s Day assembly and then treat these same sacred matters as a form of entertainment in the home. Years ago an aged gentleman led the singing at the congregation where I preached my first sermon. He would have never consented to using a piano to accompany the singing of praises to God during the assembly of the church. This same gentleman, however, invited his denominational neighbors to his home of Sunday afternoon, and while his wife played the...Continue reading