Worship in the church at Corinth had to be an unforgettable experience. A careful reading of 1 Corinthians reveals such an abuse of the Lord’s Supper and a vying for showing one’s superiority with spiritual gifts given to the members there. The Lord’s Supper had lost its original intent and had become a “church social function,” with the rich displaying their sumptuous…

I have waited some time following my brother’s death to write this article. While I have given it a lot of consideration, I am not sure that even now I have my thoughts together. I’m not sure I will ever be able to express all of my emotions. I understand the importance of expressions of concern and love more than I have…

Over the years that which brings the greatest joy changes. While a child’s greatest joy might be Christmas, that same time someday might be seen as a period of great stress in dealing with presents and making sure everyone is remembered. Later a child’s greatest joy might be an award at school or scoring the winning points in an athletic contest. For…

As I reflect about our worship together this past Sunday, I cannot forget when we paraphrased John 3:16 and quoted it together. “For God so loved me that He gave His only begotten Son . . .” Think about this and rejoice that He loves each of us, individually,  so much that He would have given His Son even if we were…

I am confident that everyone is aware of the revelation of the adulterous life of one of America’s best known golfers. We probably should not be overly surprised about his sin, for this is just a continuation of the wave of immorality sweeping our land. Our governors, senators, representatives and presidents have lost their way, and it seems there is a daily…

I cannot vouch for this story, but it has been around for a long time. It seemed no one could believe what had happened, so they began to find out the details. They asked the pigmy, “How did you eat an entire elephant?” His answer startled many, but there is so much truth in it. He said, “One bite at a time.”…

The apostles had a vision problem and did not realize it.  I’m not sure if there is a name for it, but I would call it “droopy-itus.” This disease had been around for several years and was widespread among the Jews of the first century. As strange as it may seem it is often found among many Christians today. John chapter four…

The simple definition of a habit is “an action which is repeated often until it is the natural behavior in one’s life.” There are those habits which are good, those which are neutral and those which hinder us in our development. Think of the power of habitually doing that which is right, almost without thinking, because we have trained ourselves to always…