Mike Pence’s Rule
Vice President Mike Pence has the following personal rule to prevent temptation for immorality and bad influence: He will not eat alone with a woman other than his wife. Last …
Welcome to Macland Road
If you are visiting with us for Friends and Family Day, welcome! Please know that you are our honored guest. We hope that you are warmly welcomed and encouraged by …
God is Light
John wrote to first-century Christians: “This is the message we have heard from him [Christ] and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at …
“I want God, but not organized religion!”
Sometimes a person will express the following sentiment: “I want to have a good relationship with God, but I want nothing to do with organized religion!” This desire may be …
The Kingdom of God, Progressively Revealed
The kingdom of God is a major theme in the Bible. Generally speaking, the “kingdom” of God refers to the church, for Paul told the Colossians, “[God] has delivered us …
Macland’s Progress: “Friends and Family Day”—April 2, 2017
On Sunday, April 2, 2017, Macland Road will host “Friends and Family Day,” a special occasion for inviting, welcoming, and encouraging visitors to our assembly. There are invitation cards in …
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 …