Archive for February, 2008

A New People

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Do you know what basic problem is in the world? Do you know what the basic problem is in our society? Do you know what the basic problem is in the families of our society? It is the same basic problem in all of them! The basic problem is people. Do ...

A New Me In A New World

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

He is a changed man. From the time he was a freshman in college, all he did was chase women. For him, life existed to have a good time, and to have it any way you could find it. You could not depend on him for anything. He did what ...

And Jesus Said, You Dont Get It

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

School is in session. College is in session. Without doubt this morning we have a number of teachers and a number of parents who already share the same frustration. The frustration: trying to teach a student who "just doesn't get it." I can guarantee you that it is no fun being ...

Spiritual Arithmetic

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

In the process of maturing spiritually, Christians face four primary growth challenges. Those four primary growth challenges are growing in our understanding of God, growing in our understanding of Jesus Christ, growing in the understanding of the Holy Spirit, growing in our understanding of the meaning of scripture. Each one of ...

Liberated From The Need To Hide

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

All people possess a set of masks. And, all people use those mask. We wear several masks every day. Masks exist to conceal. We hide behind masks. By using our masks, we attempt to control how well other people know us. Typically, we allow a person to know us as ...

Troubles Have Spiritual Purpose

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Everybody has troubles. No one wants the troubles he or she has. When it comes to troubles, we have two basic preferences. First preference: we don't want any. We want a daily life that is literally free from trouble of any kind. We spend lots of energy and effort trying ...

Wearing Big Shoes

Monday, February 11th, 2008

There are moments in the lives of small children that delight parents in every generation. Though those moments occur in every generation, the very same incident never gets old, never stops touching us, never fails to make us smile. One such moment is the sight of a three or four year ...

God’s Higher Calling

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

It would be fascinating to listen to people in the different stages of successful marriage discuss the higher calling of marriage. Don't you think that would be fascinating? What would a person deeply in love, engaged to be married soon, and genuinely prepared to marry, say about the higher calling of ...

The Only Thing We Will Take To Heaven

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Husbands, I want to ask you some questions about your wives. What is the most difficult request your wife has ever made of you? What is your wife's most difficult expectation in your life? What is the greatest challenge your wife has ever given you? Wives, l want to ask you ...

Black and White

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Separate and Apart from our normal Podcasts that devote all of our time to God and personal instruction in righteousness I offer this Podcast during Black History Month.  This Podcast actually contains a song that is rather unusual for one of our Podcasts.  I belong to the church of Christ and normally any music ...