An enemy of Christ and the church during the early days of the church was Saul of Tarsus. Luke records that Saul was persecuting the church in very horrible manner; “Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord…asked letters …so that if he found any who were of the […]

One day the telephone rang at the church office of a congregation of the church of Christ and the woman calling was seeking assistance. She explained to the brethren that she needed to travel to a city of a distance of some 100 miles away in order to be with her family, but that she […]

God blessed the children of Israel by leading them to the promised land of Canaan and giving the land over to them. Throughout the following 500 years or so the people of God, descendents of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob became a great nation. Their greatness was seen during the time of the kings David and […]

One of the responsibilities that Jesus had while on this earth was to select his Apostles, that is select the men that would be responsible to preach the gospel to everyone (Mark 16:15) after Jesus had ascended back into heaven. They began that work on the day of Pentecost as they preached the gospel and […]

The prophet Amos wrote to the people of his generation; “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, that I will send a famine on the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11). There were times in the history of […]

            “So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain” (Ezekiel 33:31). These are the words that Jehovah spoke to Ezekiel and that […]

Jesus said that he came to serve and not be served (Matthew 20:28) and in doing so became an example for all Christians to follow (1 Peter 2:21). The Holy Spirit guided Paul to write several times that the church that Jesus established is the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23, Romans 12:4-5, 1 Corinthians 12:12) […]

            The apostle Paul wrote concerning the Old Testament Scriptures, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning…” (Romans 15:4). While the specific commands of the Old Testament are no longer in effect, there are many valid principles and lessons that can be applied to our lives today.             Late in the […]

The great commission was given to the disciples after Jesus’ victorious resurrection from the dead on the first day of the week and before ascending back into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. Jesus said; “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). That great […]

            A Christian may have a certain job or responsibility in this life that takes one to another country for business, political purposes, or simply for pleasure, but when a Christian goes to another nation representing the cause of Christ to preach the gospel and live among brethren in other nations then all are brethren […]