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Eve’s Sinful Desire

Eve’s Sinful Desire By David Wright Introduction Immediately after arriving in heaven, Osama bin Laden encounters an irate George Washington, who punches him in the nose and bellows, “How dare you try to destroy the nation I helped establish!” Patrick Henry joins the attack, kicking him in the shins. Then James Madison delivers a ringing…

The Amazing Treasure in Our Hands

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the New Testament in Greek. In the fourth century, a scholar named Jerome translated both Testaments into Latin. In time this translation, the Vulgate, became the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. The priests studied and cited it long after Latin ceased to be a living language.…

Ladies Winter Retreat

It’s that time of the year again to sign-up for our annual Ladies Winter Retreat. It will be February 22-25 at Three Mountain Retreat in Clifton, TX. This year we have set up a closed Facebook group page. If you do not have Facebook please make sure Leslie Robertson or Connie Douthit has your email…

One True God

“As I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship,” Paul told the Athenians at the Areopagus, “I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown God.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you” (Acts 17:23). The pagans in Greece were worshiping God, but it was a blind…

Teaching Rocket

Is there something lacking in your Bible class? Is it as engaging or convicting as it could be? Do you find yourself attending Bible class out of habit or compulsion, but not much else? Are you a teacher who feels burned out, ill-trained, or unqualified? Is it tough putting together a lesson each week? Are…

Strange, Isn’t It?

Several years ago a friend forwarded me the following email. I have revised and edited the original message: “Isn’t it strange how a $20 bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to the church but such a small amount when you go shopping for groceries or clothes? “Isn’t it strange how…

I’m a Rookie on Facebook

  By Brent Smith [Brent Smith is the preaching minister of the Trenton Church of Christ in Trenton, Tennessee.] On February 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and a few other Harvard students launched the Facebook website. It was extremely popular with the younger generation, but it didn’t take long before senior citizens were on board the…