Posts from June 2023

Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, I Kings 2:3. You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you;…

Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus? Seeing the resurrected Jesus or hearing from eyewitnesses of the event is no guarantee that you will believe He is alive. After Mary Magdalene saw the empty tomb, spoke with the angel in the tomb and saw the risen Lord, she told the apostles about it. “When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her they refused to believe it.” – Mark 16:11 Jesus told the disciples many…

This past week Kathy and I attended the Freed-Hardeman University Lectureship in Henderson, Tennessee, (the 87th annual FHU Lectureship.) We went as church relations representatives of BibleTalk.tv. The Tennessee food was good and the Tennessee weather even better. We spent quality time with some of our wonderful life-long friends. There was a man there, whom I baptized in 1999 and have not seen in 20 years. It was heart-warming to hear of his successful ministry and meet two of his…

To be relevant, the Bible would have to address today’s issues. Does it do that? You only have to read the first 27 verses of the book to see that gender was divinely designed and separated into only two sexes, male and female, both in the image of Almighty God. Oddly enough, that is a big issue today in the minds of some. So by the above truth, the Bible also addresses what constitutes marriage, teaching that only a man…

How many ounces in a gallon? Where is Smugglers Notch? In 1998 which football team beat Green Bay to win the Superbowl? Who was their quarterback? What is the difference between soul and spirit? Our heads are stuffed full of facts. Some of us are better at recalling them than others. You might know the answers to all those questions. You might not know any. We derive pleasure from knowing, from getting the right answer. The TV show Schoolhouse Rock used to…

The decision to give my life to Christ is the greatest accomplishment of my life. I love Christ and I love His church, but within the church I have met a few members with some strange ideas about faith. Listen to these Bible class comments on faith: “You can study all the evidence, or you can live by faith.” “Those who need proof just don’t know how to accept things by faith.” Is it wrong to seek evidences to base…