When a person becomes a Christian, many things take place. The apostle Paul often wrote of the transformation that occurs when someone is saved and added to the church. He reminded the Romans that they obeyed “that form of Doctrine” (Rom. 6:17) when they were baptized into the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (Rom….
There are many today that speculate about who the antichrist is and when he will begin to rule the world, but is all this talk about the antichrist based on Biblical truth or just the twisting of the Scriptures by those with vivid imaginations? Those who believe in the false doctrine of premillennialism claim that…
The apostle Paul referred to the Jews of his time as having a veil over their hearts preventing them from seeing the truth of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He used the veil that Moses put over his face to hide the fading radiance of being with God as an illustration for how Jews…
Why are there so many different churches today? When you look at the religious division that exists among those who claim to be Christians, doesn’t it leave you wondering how any of us can know the truth at all? We know we can know the truth if we want to because Jesus told us we…
Emily and I had a wonderful trip to Iowa, and we thought it would be nice to share with you some of the things we learned while we were gone. We are so thankful to the elders, and all of you, for allowing us to be away to work with the Heartland church of Christ…
New Testament Christians are commanded to assemble together on the first day of the week to worship God (Acts 20:7; Heb. 10:25; 1 Cor. 16:2), and God has given us specific things to do so we can praise Him and grow in the faith. We come together primarily to worship God, but in the process…
In our last article we studied the sin of pride, so let’s spend some time considering the need for humility in the life of the Christian and why it is so necessary for our relationships with God and one another. It’s vitally important that we strive to develop humility because God desires it of us…
We often ask ourselves what the motivation is for the good things we do, but we often neglect investigating what drives most of the sin in our lives. Paul taught that love should be a motivating factor for everything we do (1 Cor. 13:1-3). Doing good works is important, but if the proper motivation does…
Nothing seems to get us in more trouble than the improper use of our tongues, and when the tongue resorts to angry words we often see problems that can have long lasting hurtful consequences. One of the many amazing things about Jesus was that he had absolute control over what He said to others. Even…
The atoning blood of Jesus Christ washes our sins away at baptism (Acts 22:16), but the apostle John teaches us that it continues to cleanse us of our sins if we “walk in the light.” He wrote, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one…