“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.”…
Regarding the cultivation of Christian virtues, the apostle Peter has written, if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ…therefore be all the…
God uses many means to mold our lives, such as parents & grandparents; teachers & preachers; friends & family; and events — both good and bad, successes & failures. However, God’s most prominent shaping tool is His holy…
As the body of Christ we are a community of ones forgiven and forgiving. Foundational to any Biblical discussion of the subject of forgiveness are the plain-spoken words of Christ recorded as part of His sermon on the…
(April 29, 1927 – October 6, 2019) Five years ago, after Lois Arnold was transplanted from Illinois and began worshipping with us on a regular basis, I remember talking about her to others in our church family. I…
(September 26, 1934 – September 16, 2019) In keeping with her pre-arranged plans, last Tuesday Nellie Trent’s worn-out body was transported back to her roots – – those rugged, rurual mountains of eastern Kentucky and southwestern West Virginia.…
The book of Acts documents a visit that Paul, Silas, Luke and Timothy made to Philippi, an important Roman colony located in the district of Macedonia (Acts 16:1-40). Philippi was a strategic seaport that served as a springboard…
Acts chapter eight opens with an ominous cloud. Stephen has been stoned and a great persecution has arisen against the Jerusalem church. Saul of Tarsus is on the rampage, ravaging the church, entering house after house; and dragging…
Jesus was crucified during the Jewish feast of Passover (He was offered up by God as the perfect Lamb/1Pet.1:18-29). Fifty days later, many of those who had cried out for Jesus to be crucified (Mt.27:11-26) returned to Jerusalem…
One popular area church has a brief two-minute video on their website that highlights “baptism” (www.gracelives.org). The video accurately depicts baptism as an immersion in water and is graphically quite attractive, but the narrator makes this observation midway…