Posts from November 2024

Children, what a wonderful word!  We are told in Psalm 127:3-5, “ . . . children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.  Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them . . .”  We see from these verses that children are a wonderful blessing which bring much joy to our lives.  Jesus…

Our obligations can be summed up in two categories: (1) Obligations to God; and (2) Obligations to others. Our response to our obligations will determine the kind of person we become and where we spend eternity. Let’s look first at our obligations to God. As we study the Bible we see that we have many obligations to God. I want to emphasize six that are very important: Fear God (Ecclesiastes 12:13; Hebrews 12:28). Obey God (I Samuel 15:22; Matthew 7:21).…

A man in Kansas City was severely injured in an explosion.  The victim’s face was badly disfigured, and he lost his eyesight as well as both hands.  One of his greatest disappointments was that he could no longer read the Bible.  Then he heard about a lady in England who read Braille with her lips.  Hoping to do the same, he sent for some books of the Bible in Braille.  Much to his dismay, however, he discovered that the nerve…

When the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought forth the Apostles he said, “Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life” (Acts 5:20).  In verse 28 the high priest charged them with “filling Jerusalem with your doctrine.”  He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was a great tribute to the work of the Apostles. Nothing has changed!  Our mission is to “speak all the words of…