By Brent Smith [Brent Smith is the preaching minister of the Trenton Church of Christ in Trenton, Tennessee.] “You shouldn’t judge.” Have you been told that? Have you said that to someone else? What is really meant by the judgmental statement, “You shouldn’t judge”? Murder is a sin. Rape is wrong. It is evil for…
Psalm 103:12 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
A siege of ancient Samaria caused a terrible famine. The Arameans had surrounded the city for so long that its inhabitants were paying outrageous prices for despicable food. A donkey’s head cost 80 shekels of silver. Some mothers resorted to cannibalism, boiling and eating their own children. The horror ended when the Lord made the…
Matthew 9:22 22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
Before his ascension into heaven, Jesus entrusted his disciples with the Great Commission: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all…
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[Brent Smith is the preaching minister of the Trenton Church of Christ in Trenton, Tennessee.] The apostle Paul writes, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8.28). Ultimately, that working “together for good” is realized in forgiveness,…
Romans 8:38-39 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What is the essence of manhood? Is it physical power, the strength to lift heavy weights or wrestle bullies to the ground? Is manhood emotional reserve, the repression of tears when bitter losses come? Is it sexual potency, the ability to father children? Moses says that “God created man in his own image” (Gen. 1:27).…
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