Every week, the ministers here at the South Green church of Christ write brief articles for the congregation's weekly bulletin. The following is a copy of those articles, which have been adapted to this digital environment. Brief and to the point, these articles are designed to inspire, encourage, and challenge all. We hope and trust you will find them useful.
(Lessons From Driving the Church Bus) A few weeks ago, me and Amy drove one of the church buses to a congregation in Nashville to return Vacation Bible School material our congregation borrowed last summer. On our way back, we stopped at a little gas station. While refueling, a nice gentleman approached me and was …
Surely, picking up some sticks is innocent, right? God would never care if someone took a few minutes to gather a few limbs and branches, right? Not so fast, my friend. Let us examine the matter carefully. Consider with me what is recorded in Numbers 15:32-36. Here we read about a man who was observed gathering …
Envy is defined as, “hostility, malice, enmity, a feeling of resentful or discontented longing aroused by another person’s better fortune.” Envy includes the desire to possess what someone else has, a lack of satisfaction with what God has provided, being wounded by the mere contemplation of someone else’s prosperity, and being glad at the misfortune …
Someone once said: “A healthy person has a thousand dreams. A sick person only has one.” We certainly understand the sentiment. If we are healthy and feel good, we are off in 100 directions, trying to accomplish our goals – going where we want to go, when we want to go. But when we are sick, pretty much the only …
Sir Winston Churchill is supposed to have said, “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” We will face countless distractions in life. It can be difficult to stay on task and stay focused. It is especially challenging when the disturbances come from the people around …
We are all familiar with the phrase, “We all have a twin in the world somewhere.” My friend and brother in Christ, Mason, has the record for “look a likes” I think. He will occasionally post a picture of someone he has met that looks like him. It is amazing to see how many of …
The recent rains have brought record breaking rain to our part of the world. This is not news to anyone! Lives and property have been lost along with businesses and homes being impacted for months and months to come. It is an understatement to say that much rebuilding will be taking place. During the rain …
One of the great things I have been allowed to do the last several months is to teach our middle school and high school students on Sunday mornings. Once the PEARLS exam was finished, I now work with the High School students. Both groups are awesome, encouraging, and inspiring because of who they are. We …
We recently studied Isaiah 40. It starts: “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem…” (v.1-2a) Among the many other thoughts that these verses stimulate, I began to consider the words I would want to hear at the end of life. What words would bring me comfort? The news? Would I want …
Doubt is common. We all experience it to one degree or another at one time or another. Nothing is accomplished by pretending we don’t have questions. We must be honest with ourselves…each other…with God. We must trust God to see us through the difficult moments. Like a loving father, God patiently listens and gives us …
