Category: East Main Bulletin Articles

Articles I write for the weekly bulletin of the East Main Church of Christ, the congregation where I preach.

James: Are We Joyful During Hardships?

What about us, Christians? Take a moment as you sit in the church pew reading this bulletin article and open your Bibles to 2 Corinthians 11:23-28. Read all of what that aged apostle – Paul – went through to brings souls to Christ. The jails. The beatings. The whippings. The scars on his back. All the danger he was in. The hunger. The thirst. The sleepless nights. The cold. The heat. And yet…“I rejoice and share my joy with you all. You too…rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.” Think about the hardships and trials you go through in your own life. Think about what tests your faith. Are you willing to endure? Are you willing to “consider it all joy”? Are you willing to allow it help you grow into what God would have you to be?… Read More James: Are We Joyful During Hardships?

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My Thoughts on Giving

When one gives to God’s church “according to their ability, and beyond their ability…of their own accord,” “bountifully,” “as he has purposed in his heart,” “not grudgingly or under compulsion,” but rather with a “cheerful” attitude (2 Cor. 8:3; 9:6-7), is that not offering honor to God (proskueneo)?  Is it not revering God (sebazomai)?  Is it not serving God (latreuo)?  Is it not acting piously towards God (eusebeo)?  The obvious answer to these rhetorical questions is “Yes,” especially when one considers that in giving Jesus wants us to “first give (ourselves) to the Lord” (2 Cor. 8:5).… Read More My Thoughts on Giving

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