“And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Gen. 12:3b). When Abraham heard these words, God was saying so much more than what Abram could understand. God was telling him that He had chosen a family through which the embodiment of all His love, grace, mercy and justice would come. It is in this passage that the story…

There is no speech or language spoken anywhere on this earth where the heavens and earth do not declare there is a God (Psa. 19:1). By simply looking around, every man can know that God exists. However, though nature reveals His existence, it does not reveal His will for me. Yet, for me to serve God, I must know His will and…

Why are those words so hard to say?  “I was wrong.”  Three little words.  All single syllable.  But, they are among the most difficult for the human tongue to utter. Often times, the one who has done wrong will try to “explain it away.”  Some make excuses.  Some shift the blame.  Some diminish the seriousness of the matter.  Some argue semantics.  Some…

A young man sat in a second story balcony of the church in a poor African city. His life had been forever changed by what he had seen and experienced. As he contemplated these things, three young children, neighbors to the church building, strove to get his attention. When the young man looked, they would hide. It was a game to play…

Far too many people have the attitude that asks, “How can a book more than 1,900 years old have any relevance in my life?” It is true that parts of the Bible are more than 3,000 years old, but it is equally true that the nature of man has not changed. Our God is eternal, and the truth that His holiness is…

The English word “repent” (in some form) is found about 70 times in our Bibles, with the large majority appearing in the New Testament.  Repentance was the keynote message of John the Baptist (Matt. 3:2), Jesus (Matt. 4:17), Peter (Acts 2:38), Paul (Acts 17:30), and was the Divine plea throughout the apostolic era (2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 2:5).  But repentance is hard!…

“Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on…

In a recent conversation, a friend described his experience in visiting a congregation as attending the “Sleepy” Church of Christ. As I thought about this, I thought how so many of the names of the seven dwarfs could be applied to congregations today. Those seven dwarfs are: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey. Think about how many of these names…