The Prodigal Son When He Came to Himself The story of the prodigal son as told by Jesus in Luke 15:11-32 is too long to quote here but also so well known that almost everyone acquainted with the Bible at all knows the story and the main thrust of the lesson taught there. However, there... ( added 4 days 11 hours ago.)

Work Out Your Own Salvation As I was thinking about doing an article on this famous passage from the book of Philippians chapter 2:12-13 I first did a little Google research to see if anyone else had done so and if so to see what they were saying. I did find a couple of... ( added 9 days 15 hours ago.)

When did Obedience Become Legalism? We seem to be living in a time in the present Christian era where people seem to feel that all that matters in Christianity is love and God's grace, that obedience is simply legalism, and that people do not have to obey Bible commands for... ( added 11 days 16 hours ago.)

Without Natural Affection and Covenant Breakers Rom. 1:31 Most of us prefer a version of the Bible today that is a little more up to date in its language than is the old original American Standard Version of 1901 or the King James Version thus making the Bible a little easier to read and understand.... ( added 32 days 15 hours ago.)

The Peace Found in Forgiveness of Others If you or I or any other were asked to compile a list of the ugliest traits of character that a person could have and that we run across in people I am sure that things like hatred, anger, bitterness, malice, and an unwillingness to forgive would... ( added 36 days 17 hours ago.)

The Blessing of Affliction and the Goodness of God In the book of Psalms 119, verse 71, there is a passage that has come to have personal meaning to me as I have contemplated it over time and made application to the things that have befallen me. The Psalmist says, "It is good for me that I have... ( added 37 days 9 hours ago.)

How Does One Get Into the Church Christ Built? Not a single denominational church was built by Christ for he built his church, one and only, in the first century hundreds of years before any denominations came into existence. The New Testament scriptures written after the gospels and Acts... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Things People Do Not Know About the Church One should never minimize the importance of the church, the church Jesus built. I am not speaking about manmade denominational churches. They are not one and the same. However, many people do not understand that and have grown unhappy with the old... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

The Church Christ Built - Marks of Identification The church Christ built is worthless to man if it is impossible to find (or establish), if it only existed in ancient history, and cannot be known today. Fortunately, like all things that exist, there are marks of identification that allow us to... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Can one be Just a Christian in Christ's Church Without Being in a Denomination? Many years ago I asked a lady this very question can one be just a Christian in Christ's church without being in a denomination? Her answer was that while that was once possible it is no longer possible today. I have never understood that kind of... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Differences in Baptisms Is Denominational Baptism Scriptural? There are many different baptisms being performed today by religious people different methods and for different purposes. However, the only baptism that I as an individual facing eternity ought to be concerned with is the baptism that Jesus spoke... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Christ the Savior of the Body but Which One the Matter of Timing? In Eph. 5:23 we read where Paul says "Christ is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body." This passage is clear cut and easy to understand save for one thing what body is it he is the savior of? Is it the Baptist church, the... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Keep Your Heart with all Diligence If you are like me you were always a little fearful that you were perhaps not normal. That is to say you have struggled being the person you ought to be and like Eve have desired the forbidden fruit and the thought has come to your mind that that... ( added 49 days 7 hours ago.)

Ways into Christ How Many Ways Are There? It is only human nature to want the way to heaven to be as broad and all-inclusive as possible thus the more ways into Christ that can be found the better from our earthly point of view. We have people we want to see saved and yet we are pretty... ( added 102 days 6 hours ago.)

The Fragrance of Christ The apostle Paul made the following statement in 2 Cor. 2:15-16, "For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death to death, and to the other the... ( added 113 days 14 hours ago.)

Is Church Attendance Essential for Christian Salvation? Whether or not a Christian must attend church to be saved is a question of utmost importance. There is nothing more important than one's eternal salvation. Where will one spend eternity? Will it be in a place of happiness and joy where "there... ( added 117 days 15 hours ago.)

The Grace of God and the Parable of the Laborers Is God Just? Eve ryone is pleased to have the grace of God in their life but are we disturbed by it when his grace shows up in the lives of others seemingly more generously than in our own? I am afraid that is sometimes the case. The parable of the laborers... ( added 124 days 10 hours ago.)

Christianity Who Rules, Reason or Emotions? A man is either led in life by his emotions or his reason and which makes all the difference in the world. A life ruled by emotions is a life destined for disaster, a life where reason is always found in the back seat where it cannot be heard over... ( added 125 days 12 hours ago.)

Bible Authority, Foot Washing, the Holy Kiss, and Head Coverings? Does Bible authority matter or is man free to do as he sees fit in the Christian religion? Most have come to the conclusion today that it does not matter. The result is that there are more unheard of things going on in Christian worship today than... ( added 135 days 6 hours ago.)

Singing and Playing in Christian Worship More on Instrumental Music I have learned over time that no matter how familiar you are with a subject given enough time you are bound to hear something you never heard before. It is a historical fact that instrumental music was never used in Christian worship until well... ( added 138 days 7 hours ago.)

The Lords Supper as a Part of a Meal Right or Wrong? Should the Lord's Supper be incorporated as a part of a larger meal in the worship of God in the Christian religion? Some are today arguing for such a practice. All any of us can know about what we should or should not do is found in the Bible, at... ( added 145 days 5 hours ago.)

Faith Comes by Hearing the Word of God the Implications "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Rom. 10:17 NKJV) On its surface this proclamation by Paul is very simple and easy to understand and yet the failure to grasp its implications has brought much division and strife... ( added 149 days 14 hours ago.)

The Washing of Water by the Word Baptism and Salvation Baptism is essential to salvation but there are many non-believers. I want to deal with one passage today that teaches this but which is seldom used because the word baptize is not found in the passage. The phrase used is "washing of water" as... ( added 155 days 7 hours ago.)

Repent How Hard It Is To Do It is hard to repent, no doubt about it. I remember the comment made by a well known preacher of the nineteenth century that the hardest thing there was to do was to get men to repent. By contrast it was easy to get men to believe. He considered... ( added 166 days 15 hours ago.)

Christianity, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage What Do We Do With the Bible? O ne of the wonderful things about America is that we have gotten to be smarter than God (hope you recognize satire when you read it). We are now wiser than he is, we know better than he does how to love our fellowman and what is inherently right... ( added 166 days 15 hours ago.)