One spring morning I rolled my trash can to the street. It was about 7:00. The sun was rising. The sweet fragrance of honeysuckle hung in the warm air. It was a lovely day. But another smell was wafting on the breeze, too. A skunk had decided to liven things up a bit. I could…
It’s interesting to experience the changes in perspective brought about by the march of time. At age 20, 30 is old, and 50 is only one step from the nursing home. At age 30, 20 is immature, 50 is middle age, and 70 is only one step from the nursing home. At age 50, 20…
5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.
On Friday afternoon, Carolyn and I were scanning groceries at a self-checkout line in the Balch Springs Wal-Mart. Suddenly, a woman nearby started screaming at her daughter. Her rant was laced with expletives (which I won’t repeat): “I have given you the whole world, and you give me no respect! You’re 12 years old, and…
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
The four Gospels are full of apparent inconsistencies. For example, Mark says that “as Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside” (10:46). But Luke says that as Jesus “drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by…
4 The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Scientists know everything, so they should be trusted. They always have the best interest of humankind at heart. Except when they don’t. Who worked tirelessly to create the 1945 nuclear explosions that killed roughly 200,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Um, scientists? We are constantly being told that “all reputable scientists” know things that the…
We pray this letter finds you well and safe!! We wanted to inform everyone that the doors of Seagoville Church of Christ are open for services. Because we want to always lead the Church to continue worshipping our Lord as He commands, we never closed our doors entirely; instead we recognized the need to take safety…
Brent Smith (Brent is the preaching minister of the Trenton Church of Christ in Trenton, TN.) Solomon humorously described the slacker, “The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!” (Prov. 26.13). Well, who are we to ridicule the slacker? Would you walk to work if…