The Gooch Lane church of Christ is a group of people in Madison, Alabama seeking to study the Bible and put God’s teachings into practice. We’d love to have you join us for Bible study and worship.
Honesty must become so important to us that we consistently say only things that are true. I like to think of this as an honesty filter—a system that carefully guards our speech so that only honest words come out.
The concept of the modern gospel meeting is quite ancient. Whether this was the Water Gate meeting held by Ezra (Nehemiah 8), or Paul and Barnabas strengthening churches (Acts 15:36), the preaching of God’s word to God’s people is both approved and encouraged.
As pernicious influences seek to diminish this right, may every American cling to it more firmly, and may every child of God pray that this freedom continues and that it can be used to the glory of God.
But Romans 12:21 has more to say about the nature of good and evil than that one is preferable over the other. It is also dealing with “overcoming evil.”
It is somewhat of a paradox that the same message—unaltered, undisturbed by human innovation—is to be delivered in so many different personalities. What a disservice is done to the arrangement of God when we seek to make every man into a clone of what we have surmised in our imaginations to be the best preacher.
Generally speaking, we don’t pray like the Psalmists prayed, and I wonder if we’re missing more than just their language when their thoughts do not influence our thoughts.
Ultimately, all of these relationships rest on a steadfast and faithful love of God. God Himself has shown this kind of love to His human creation.
O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens!” Is the stupendous glory of His creation lost on us? Do we not have eyes to see? Are we not paying attention?
In a world characterized by constant mental stimulation and pleasure seeking, we must slow down and relinquish control.
