Here’s where I give some thoughts on passages of scripture, theological topics, or current events from a Christian perspective. Some of these thoughts are topics which I’ve preached about in the past and are now putting here in article form. I hope you find them spiritually helpful.
“Where’s the piano?” “How come the church of Christ doesn’t use instrumental accompaniment in worship? Are you against music? All the other churches do it, so why not you? What’s the big deal?” Let’s consider these important questions.… Read More My Thoughts on Singing (3): The Instrumental Music Question
If we get in a car and head to McDonald’s, and on the way we see Taco Bell and decide we’d rather have a taco than a Big Mac, and so turn into Taco Bell instead of going on to McDonald’s, guess what we’ve just done? We’ve repented of McDonald’s. In other words, we changed our minds about McDonald’s. Not only that, but our actions also changed as a direct, unavoidable result of changing our minds. We decided to go to Taco Bell instead of McDonald’s, and our actions followed suit.… Read More My Thoughts on Repentance
One does not accidentally worship in spirit and truth. It takes conscious effort, a deliberate decision to do so. It requires discipline and self-control.… Read More My Thoughts on Singing Praises to God (2)
Churchgoers tend to go to two extremes with worship.… Read More My Thoughts on Singing Praises to God (1)
Studying the entire chapter shows that Jesus was answering two questions (Matthew 24:1-3): first, when the Jerusalem temple would be destroyed, followed by “…What will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?” Those questions were answered in the order in which they were given. Study Matthew 24:4-34 carefully and you’ll see that the signs mentioned in those verses herald the destruction of the Jerusalem temple. Verse 34 especially makes this clear: “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” If the signs mentioned in vs. 4-33 dealt with Christ’s second coming, verse 34 would not be true since the generation in which Jesus lived was thousands of years ago. Yet, we see the truthfulness of this statement when we remember that the Romans destroyed the temple just a few decades after Jesus made that statement that it would happen within His generation.… Read More My Thoughts on Matthew 24 (2)
If God was going to let us know that the end was near, His Son would not have compared his coming to a thief surprising an unsuspecting homeowner.… Read More My Thoughts on Matthew 24
In the end, the method in which we eat of the bread and drink of the cup – i.e., whether we tear open these small packages or have them served to us in trays – is not important in the sight of God as far as worship is concerned. What is important is that we follow Jesus’ directive to give thanks for unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine and partake of them “in remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:24-25).… Read More My Thoughts on the Lord’s Supper (3)
As we sing the praises of God, partake of the Lord’s Supper, and worship God in prayer, the listening of the proclamation of His Word, and in our giving, we are not alone. Jesus Himself is in our midst (cf. Matt. 18:20).… Read More My Thoughts on the Lord’s Supper (2)
Pre-Denominational Christianity 