Studio microphone on the mic stand with gray background. Copy space.

This Ain’t Yo Momma’s Church

I guess I should have expected it, but I just was not ready for the commercial I heard recently. My family and I were driving out of town and listening to a popular radio...
Excellent Idea Concept

What Can I Do to Help the Church Grow?

A George Barna survey studied people who visited a local congregation. He found that 78 percent loved being greeted by individuals who sat around them at the end of the service. 72 percent did...
African American man pulling money out of wallet

A Church Where Visitors Are Not Expected to Give

Money can be a sensitive topic. Many have been turned away from Christianity because of religious leaders’ attitudes toward money. Not a few had bad personal experiences in churches due to it. It is not...

Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 11, 2019)

To Be Content “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” (Philippians 4:11) Plato hit the nail on the head when he observed that...
A little bit nervous about this business.

Christians Make Me Nervous

  “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch” (Acts 11:26).  Christianity is under attack. It has always been and will always be. Why? The answer is found in the Scriptures: “This is the condemnation,...
Wooden text for ABC

The ABCs of Scripture

A A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 B Be ye kind one to another. —Ephesians 4:32 C Create in me a clean heart, O God;...
Alpine Bush cricket

The Day the Cricket Attended Church

AS A YOUTH, I squirmed through many a worship service. This particular Sunday was to have an added distraction. As soon as the preacher got up to deliver his sermon, a cricket walked out onto...
Discipline

The Value of Discipline

Bill Toomey ranks as one of America's great twentieth-century athletes.   He brought the gold medal for the decathlon back to the United States in the 1960s. I was a member of Bill Toomey's track team...
Middle-aged woman with cancer dying

What about “Death Bed” Salvation?

The emphasis of the Bible concerning salvation is always on “today.”  Quoting Isaiah, Paul said, “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now...
Delicious Christmas meal with set table, Christmas feast

The Great and Precious Promises of God

During the Great War, two poor boys who had been living on very meager rations in the city were sent far into the country to live on a farm. There was plenty of food....