Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

The church is charged with preaching the Gospel. “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine” (II Tim. 4:2). As Christians each of us should do what we can to reach the lost around us. If we do...
Why? To Prevent Something Worse?

Why? To Prevent Something Worse?

Why? To Prevent Something Worse?   The argument had come to a standstill and God wasn’t speaking. That’s how the debate ended between Job and his three friends. They said their peace (and then some) and reverted back to the silence we see in chapter two. But...
Things to Ponder…

Things to Ponder…

Perhaps the greatest sin of our day which is committed by members of the church of Christ is the sin of silence.  Most preachers of the present generation are guilty of this sin, along with most members of the church.  Many know the truth of Christianity but they will...
“Speak, Exhort, and Rebuke with all Authority”

“Speak, Exhort, and Rebuke with all Authority”

In Titus Chapter 2, verse 15, God breathes unto Paul these words to tell Titus, “These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.” This would likewise apply to all faithful Gospel preachers and all faithful Gospel teachers. ...

Hypocrisy

The English word “hypocrisy” comes from a Greek word that primarily meant a reply or an answer and came to mean the acting of stage-players as they would answer one another in dialogue; thus the meaning of dissembling (“dissimulation” as...