Alexander Campbell said, “The doctrine of the cross is the great central doctrine of the Bible, the very essence of Christianity–which explains all the peculiarities of the Christian system.” He was right. There is no doctrine more vital and more important than the cross. To preach the cross is to preach Christ crucified, and nothing […]
Jesus always did what was pleasing to His Father (John 8:29. If we are truly Christians, striving to be like Christ, pleasing God will always be first in our lives. Furthermore, if that is our mindset, we will not be ashamed of anything associated with Him. Paul is a good example of this. Philippians 1:20 […]
We saw in our last blog that the gospel of Christ, the wonderful story of Jesus Christ paying the price for our sins by tasting death for all men (Hebrews 2:9), must be preached to the lost if they are to have any chance at salvation. Sadly, this great message concerning Jesus has been perverted […]
Jesus told His original disciples that He was going to make them fishers of men. That has al-ways been the purpose for those called by the gospel. Preaching the gospel is one of our primary responsibilities as Christians. If we want to please God, we have to do His will, and preaching the gospel is […]
All Christians should desire to please God. The real question, however, is are we actually pleasing Him? Saying that we want to, and really doing it, are two different matters. In our last blog we emphasized pleasing God by put Him first in our lives (Matthew 6:33). Something else we must do in order to […]
What is most important in your life? As Christians, it should not take us that long to answer this question. Our immediate response should be God. Doing God’s will and pleasing Him should be at the top of our priority list. After all, that was first on the list of the One Whom we are […]
Luke 12:1 (ESV) 1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. In another place Jesus referred to the teaching of the Pharisees as their “leaven” […]
The Israelites had many faults, many with which we ourselves struggle. One fault that is particularly distasteful to God is self-exaltation. Moses warned the Jews to beware of this once they entered the land with which God would bless them (Deuteronomy 8:11-18). When we exalt ourselves, there are usually two things that we do wrong. […]
Surprisingly, idolatry has always plagued the people of God. Even before they became a great nation, while they were just beginning their trip towards the land of promise, the Israelites turned from God to worship a golden calf (Exodus 32:1-4). A shocking development after God had just delivered them from the bondage of Egypt. Just […]
2 Peter 2:1-2 (ESV) 1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of […]