What Will Make Me Happy?
Everybody wants to be happy. The question is, “What will make a person happy?” The book of Ecclesiastes is remarkable because it provides a detailed account of a wealthy, powerful …
The Leper’s Prayer
When we study the prayers of the Bible, we learn how to pray (and sometimes how not to pray). The case of the leper who came to Jesus is especially …
What Fires are Burning in Your Life?
The Bible uses the symbol of fire variously. As we do healthy self-examination (1 Corinthians 11:28; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:4), we should make sure that the right kinds of …
Macland’s Progress: Mission Trip to Inner City Mobile
Twenty of our Macland Road family visited the Mobile, Alabama Inner City Church of Christ for a campaign from June 11 to 16. Campaigners included Shannon, Michael, Jenna, and Brooke …
Let Us Respect the Word of God
At the end of May, a new Bible was published. It is called Bible Emoji: scripture 4 millenials. (The misspelling of “millennials” is intentional by the editor.) This “translation” replaces …
“Unless You See Signs and Wonders You Will Not Believe”
Every phrase from the lips of Jesus Christ is fascinating. Here, let us consider one such expression. In John 4:46-54, we read about Jesus’ healing of the Capernaum official’s son. …
Not All of Life is Worship
Worshiping God is a high privilege and joy. Christians love to worship so much that it may sound to them very spiritual and appropriate to suggest that everything Christians do …
Lot’s Choice
We are familiar with Lot’s decision to move to the valley of Sodom. After Lot’s uncle Abram gave him the choice of the land, we read: And Lot lifted up …
Overcoming Worry
Jesus commands His disciples not to worry (Matthew 6:25-34). What is your strategy for obeying this command? The secular world suggests many different ways in which we may eliminate worry …
Saved “Like the Thief on the Cross”?
The Bible decisively teaches that, in the Christian age, immersion for the remission of sins is necessary for salvation (e.g., Acts 2:38; 22:16; Romans 6:1-4). And yet, sometimes a person …
Will Christ Return to Establish an Earthly Kingdom?
When our Brother G.C. Brewer published his book of essays titled Contending for the Faith (1941), he provided biblical argumentation against many false doctrines that were popular in his day. …
The “Open Grave” of Hanover, Germany
In Hanover, Germany, there is the grave of Henriette Juliane Caroline von Rüling (1756 – 1782). This tomb of many large stones bears a German inscription, which is translated, “May …