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• IN CONCERN OF CHURCH "GROWTH"

  By disciplerami on January 29, 2008 • ( 0 )

  I lament the things being adopted in churches today in the name of church growth. The early church grew because saved people were added to Jesus’ church.1 “And God was adding to their number day by day those who were… Read More ›

• WHAT IS THE CHURCH DOING TODAY?

  By disciplerami on January 29, 2008 • ( 0 )

  When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was disappointed at the laxity of the white churches who acted as spectators in that struggle for freedom, he wrote the following from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama. Hearkening back to a time when… Read More ›

• CHRISTIANS AND THE STATE

  By disciplerami on January 28, 2008 • ( 0 )

  “Yet today there is discomfort among many in America at the spectacle of presidential candidates waving their Bibles alongside their flags. In civics lessons long ago, we learned that there is supposed to be a boundary between church and state…. Read More ›

• WRONG SPIRIT AT QUAIL SPRINGS CHURCH OF CHRIST

  By disciplerami on January 26, 2008 • ( 2 )

  The Oklahoman, Newsok.com Mark Henderson, the preacher of the Quail Springs Church of Christ, was asked about his churches plan to introduce instruments into the worship. This is part of the Q & A in the Oklahoman newspaper. Q:What do… Read More ›

• TAX UNTO WHOM TAX IS DUE?

  By disciplerami on January 26, 2008 • ( 0 )

  “Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.” – Rom. 13:7 I understand and respect the spirit of what God says here. But… Read More ›

• THE MARRIAGE BOND REMAINS

  By disciplerami on January 25, 2008 • ( 0 )

  “Can a man divorce for any reason at all?” How ridiculous was the question in Matthew 19:3? These people should know better. God would not permit such a thing as He would not permit what He hates. In Malachi, it… Read More ›

• GOD’S LOVE FOR ALL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  By disciplerami on January 22, 2008 • ( 10 )

  “AND IN YOU ALL FAMILIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED” (Gen. 12:3) Because we are often focusing on the Jews in the Old Testament, we might get the view that God was unjust with the Gentiles. But the words… Read More ›

• DAVID WAS A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST, 1958-2007

  By disciplerami on January 17, 2008 • ( 4 )

  http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4728353266806298825&hl=en For some reason the embedded video isn’t playing, so here is the link to the video here.If you would please, leave a comment telling what Dave meant to you. Thomas said… I am so very thankful to God for… Read More ›

• THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM THINK LESS OF THEMSELVES

  By disciplerami on January 16, 2008 • ( 0 )

  In Matthew 18, the disciples revealed their defect. Being spiritually shallow, they asked, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” With gentleness, Jesus gives the answer in a series of points throughout the chapter. And what Jesus says… Read More ›

• THE VALUE OF CHILDREN

  By disciplerami on January 15, 2008 • ( 2 )

  The message of Jesus Christ is one of promise and hope. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” is truth that proclaims the value God has for His fallen, sinful children. Though man is guilty… Read More ›