Lessons from the Life of Norma McCorvey, “Roe” in Roe v. Wade
Norma McCorvey, better known by the pseudonym “Roe” in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, passed away this past week due to heart failure. She was 69 …
When God No Longer Remembers, We No Longer Remember
Sometimes we forget things. (Hopefully most of the things we forget are not worth remembering anyway!) Interestingly, the Bible says a lot about forgetting. Among the biblical points concerning forgetting, …
Keeping One Another Strong in the Lord
None of us is alone as a Christian. Each of us is a member of a congregation, a family, a support system, and this is how God arranged life in …
Must Christians Oppose Laws that Prevent Others from Coming to the United States?
Those of us who live in the United States are blessed exceptionally in terms of material goods and services. For this we are thankful. Those in many other countries are …
Things Like These
A sin is a transgression of God’s law. “Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4; cf. 1 Corinthians 9:21; Galatians 6:2; James 2:12). …
Some Things God Wants Us to Learn from Athletics
One of the apostle Paul’s favorite metaphors is that of a competitor in an athletic contest. Paul clearly was familiar with running (Galatians 2:2), boxing (1 Corinthians 9:26), wrestling (Ephesians …
The Personal Character of Preachers
As our brother J.W. McGarvey noted in lectures he gave in 1890, a number of passages in Paul’s letters to the preacher Timothy stress the need for preachers to be …
Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels
This week marks the end of the 2016 college football bowl season. After Monday night, there will have been 42 bowl games in the current cycle. But back in 1929, …
Macland’s Progress: A New Bible Learning Initiative for 2017
Those of us at Macland Road are serious about growing in our Bible knowledge. We love to know more about the Bible for many reasons, not least of all because …
Where Did Christmas Come From?
Many of us especially enjoy the Christmas season, because it affords opportunities to gather with family and friends, warm fellowship, and to give gifts. Also, this time of year offers …
Are You In or Out?
It is an incomparably weighty matter to be either in Christ or outside of Christ. In fact, the most crucial question of your life and mine is this question: Am …
The Christian’s Confidence in Salvation
While we rightly stress the need to make preparation for the Judgment Day (see Matthew 25), we must not fail to observe those passages that emphasize the comfort Christians ought …