“God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe” (I Cor 1:21 NIV). Men are not saved by foolish preaching, but by the message about Christ that is preached. It is the gospel “by which we are saved” (I Cor 15:1-2). People may regard preaching the gospel as foolishness,
His first book was “Humility and How I Attained It”. It did not sell. I have been accused of being proud, but not humble. What about you? A brother was given the “Most Humble” button, but when he wore it, they took it away. We talk about humility, but we don’t study it. It takes
WATER is vital to man’s existence, but it also is capable of destroying him. Every creature on earth that breathed, except Noah and the 8 souls and the pairs of animals that entered the ark, were killed by water (Gen 6). The water that saved him and his family destroyed all others. This is a
Genesis tells of God’s creation and of man from Adam to Noah and the flood, to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and many others. Exodus through Deuteronomy speak of choosing His people Israel through whom Christ would be born at God’s appointed time. More about God’s people is recorded from Joshua through Job. The music room begins
On March 6, Atlanta Baptist TV preacher Charles Stanley spoke about the purpose of being baptized. We shall compare Stanley with Scripture. One must be true; the other must be false. Scripture: “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven” (Peter, Acts
“Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way. But they said, ‘We will not walk therein’ ” (Jer 6:14-16). In spite of man’s advances in many realms of knowledge, only God’s word, the Bible, has the solution to man’s spiritual problems. Man
David comforts himself in his distresses and fears, for he knows God has noticed all his troubles. God has a bottle and a book for His people’s tears, both the tears for their sins and also for their afflictions. “Put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?” (Psa 56:8, KJV)
“The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (I Cor 11:3). In the threefold step from woman to man to Christ to God, it may appear surprising that Paul began at the center. Why? In speaking of the subordination of
Corrective Training is seldom practiced, and even more rarely is it carried out by scripture plan. Sadly, when a member of the church is “not living according to the teaching” (2 Thes 3:6), elders normally avoid the command of corrective training (discipline) by ignoring it or advising the accused to “go find another place to
The Prince of Peace said, “I came not to bring peace but a sword” (Isa 9:6; Mt 10:34-39). He Knew some would accept his teaching and others would not. Even in the same family, division follows when one believes and obeys the truth and others do not. Example: a lady in church Sunday alone said