The Collection—What?

The Collection—What?

I grew up in a Southern Baptist church. We went to Sunday school and attended worship regularly. I have clear childhood memories of those services. The people were kind and my Bible class teachers were morally upright. Though I can’t recall a lot of what the preachers...
Will They Come Back?

Will They Come Back?

An article entitled “Where did the people go?” appeared in the Christian Chronicle of May 2022. It sounded a familiar alarm: declines in church attendance. The article gave this observation: “When it comes to closed churches of Christ, that may be the hardest question...
Where is the Band at Your Church?

Where is the Band at Your Church?

One of the most common questions people ask us is why we don’t use musical instruments in our worship. There are different ways to answer and explain. Here is one way that may seem strange at first, but if the person thinks about it he will answer his own question....
A Christ-Centered Home

A Christ-Centered Home

In today’s time where the divorce rate in America has only slightly lowered due to the fact that more couples are choosing to just live together rather than marry and where children are raised without ever being taught about the Lord, more teaching about what makes a...
What Have We Learned?

What Have We Learned?

One doctor sounded a dire alarm before a Congressional Subcommittee: “We could lose one quarter of the world’s population before we gain control of this epidemic, even if we act swiftly now. If not, it may be more.” This physician cited WHO estimates of infections and...