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What Would That Look Like?
I once had a conversation with a member about her commitment to Christ and her involvement in the local church. I was asked: What would proper involvement look like? This is an excellent question to ask. Let’s try to answer … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Dedication, evangelism, Love, Priorities
Tagged assemble with saints, bear fruit, bear fruit with patience, benevolence, bible study, book mere Christianity, busy bee, c.s. lewis, Christ like, church attendance, concern for others, disciple, edification, evangelism, following Christ, genuine love, imitate Christ, little Christ, love, maintain good works, marshall keeble, more than baptism is needed, patience, priorities, thayer, true Christianity, vine's, zealous for good works
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Drink Ye All of It and Other Reflections
It has been over three years since Covid-19 was first reported in the U.S.A. January 20, 2020 was the date of the first lab-confirmed case in the United States, according to the CDC (CDC Museum Covid-19 Timeline, cdc.gov). Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship, Lord's Supper, Love, Priorities, Textual study, worship
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Corinthians 14, 2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 20:7, care in study, cdc.gov, center of disease control, corona virus, covid, covid 19, drink ye all of it, edification, Ephesians 4:1-3, Ephesians 5:17-20, esv, focus in worship assembly, good ground, Hebrews 10:25-26, it is easy to forget why we come together, it is easy to let weeds grow, it is easy to misunderstand others, it is easy to misunderstand scripture, January 20 2020, John 4:24, kjv, lavistachurchofchrist.org, longsuffering, love, Luke 8, Matthew 26:27, nasb, niv, nkjv, opinions, parable of four soils, parable of sower, patience, remembering Jesus death, weeds, worship
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Put On… (Colossians 3:12-15)
It is said that a tradition sprang up, in the early years of church history, concerning the garments worn following baptism. The historian Philip Schaff wrote, “During the week following, the neophytes wore white garments as a symbol of purity” … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Endurance, Forgiveness, Humility, Love, Mercy, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1997 stop lectureship, acrostic, agape, alan adams, albert osborn, at robertson, bear with one another, beneficence, bond of perfection, book history of the Christian church, Christ like characteristics, clothing of christian, Colossians 3:12-15, compassion, compassionate hearts, conpassion for others, dress for christian, esv, forebearing one another, forgiving one another, forgivness, garland robinson, gentleness, humility, humility with others, imitate Christ, imitate christ in forgivness, inner peace, kindness, let peace of God rule heart, longsuffering, love, meekness, nasb, nkjv, patience, perfect bond of unity, perfect harmony, philip schaff, put on love, rejoice with those who rejoice, remember whose you are, resilience in relationships, restraint in relationships, seek the old paths, song let the beauty of Jesus be seen, studylight, superlative of love, system of peace, tender mercies, thanksgiving toward God, thayer, the christian worker, things to put off, things to put on, trust, trust toward God, umpire, unity, vine's, weep with those who weep, wesley j. perschbacher
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Why Be Thankful?
There are those who are unthankful to God or man. This is true for a variety of reasons. (1) Some are so focused on what they do not have, that they fail to appreciate and be grateful for what they … Continue reading
Posted in God, Godhead, holiday, Jesus, Thanksgiving
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, 10 reasons I'm thankful for thankfulness, 2 Corinthians 9:15, a sense of entitlement, ahab, argument for deity of Jesus, christy wright, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 3:12-15, daveramsey.com, Dennis Prager, entiltlement, God created us, God is good, God sustains us, golden rule, health, It is good for us, James 1:17, job, jonah, Luke 17:15-16, mental wellness, naboth's vineyard, patience, paul, peace, physical health, prageru.com, Psalm 100, Psalm 68:19, relax, Romans 11:36, Romans 16:3-4, spiritual well being, thankful to God, thankful to others, the key to unhappiness, wellness, why be thankful, why some are not thankful
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Revelation: The Mark of the Beast
“Here is wisdom. Let him who understands calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666” (Revelation 13:18). This is not the number of man in general. No, this beast is … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Endurance, Premillennialism, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged 666, a literal mark?, catholic church, catholic sign of the cross, compromise, corrupt religious system, david vaughn elliot, emperor worship, endurace, false religion, free and slave, hand refers to action, head refers to thought, hindu-arabic numbers, irenaeus, lateinos, latinus, law on hand and between eyes, mark on forehead, mark on right hand, patience, persecution, rest and no rest, Revelation 13, rich and poor, roman catholic church, small and great, the beast of the earth, the mark of the beast, torment, trade guilds, which language to calculate latin or greek or hebrew or english, worship and submission to the beast
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The Soldier, The Athlete, and The Farmer
Paul used three earthly professions to illustrate the way a Christian should live. Let’s notice – 1. The Good Soldier “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:3). Christians are frequently described in … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Endurance, Judgment, Textual study
Tagged 2 Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 4:7-8 cf. 2 Timothy 2, archery, ben johnson, boxing, caution is needed, christian athlete, christian farmer, christian soldier, christion living, committment is needed, compete according to the rules, consequence of labor, disqualified athletes, early rain and latter rain, Endurance, endure hardships, entaglements of life, fight good fight, finish course, harvest, husbandman, illustration from three earthly professions, James 5, jim thorpe, kept the faith, lance armstrong, marion jones, partake of crops, partaking fruit, participant or spectator, patience, paul's crown, please him who enlisted, reward does not come immediately we must wait, run race, running, sports illustrations, the crowned athlete, the good soldier, the hard working farmer, war, wrestling
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The Testing of One’s Faith
Make no mistake about it. One’s faith will be tested, and tested again, in this life. James writes of “the testing of your faith” (James 1:3). These tests are common to man (1 Corinthians 10:13). We should not be surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Endurance, Soul Winning, Temptation, Textual study, Time, Tongue
Tagged attitude, attitude toward God, attitude toward time, attitude toward world, attitude towards others, attitude towards prayer, attitude twords God's word, attitude when life is difficult, bless God and curse men, book of James, godisnowhere, h. r. palmer, James 1, James 2, James 3, James 4, James 5, kidder, m. a, patience, poor, pure religion, restoring the sinner, rich man and poor man in assembly, song angry words, song e're you left your room this morning, song yield not to tempation, testing faith, tongue, unspotted from world, vapor, visit, wages owed to others, what is your life, widows and orphans, Wisdom, words
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Keeping Unity
The church is composed of those of different geographical origins, cultures, ethnicities, educational achievements, occupations, and even hobbies. How can true lasting unity be maintained? I would suggest that it is possible for true Biblical unity to be maintained, if … Continue reading
Posted in baptism, Chruch, Doctrine, Faith, Fellowship, Hope, Textual study, Unity
Tagged attitude, baptism in fire, baptism in moses, baptism in sea, baptism of john, baptism of suffering, church unity, doctrine, Endurance, Ephesians 4:1-6, fellowship, forebearance, forebearing, gentleness, great commission baptism, humility, longsuffering, lowliness, meekness, new testament baptism, one baptism, one body, one faith, one father, one God, one hope, one lord, one spirit, patience, seven ones, unity
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