A person has to see where’s he’s going in order to get there. It is literally true that to reach your destination, a person needs a point of reference. “People can’t walk in a straight line from point A to… Read More ›
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS
Happy Birthday, Jesus. We remember Birthdays not to celebrate that we managed to survive another year, but to mark the important event of a birth and the significance of that life to us. Your Birthday was a wonderful time on… Read More ›
GOD REWARDS THE RIGHTEOUS
First off let’s lay to rest any false idea that man can establish His own righteousness. Israel tried and failed. Righteousness makes it possible for a man to come into the presence of God. “For not knowing about God’s righteousness… Read More ›
SHARING GOD’S LOVE
My coming to salvation, my coming to God, was facilitated by seeing God’s love in other people, not just in the creation (Acts 14:17; Rom. 1:20). When I was lost and lonely and miserable, Hazel came into my life –… Read More ›
PRAYING TO BE SAVED – NOT THE "SINNER’S PRAYER"
The Sinner’s Prayer as espoused today is not what we find in Scripture. But the sinner must pray. Isaiah said, Seek the LORD while He may be found” (Isa. 55:6). I don’t believe that a prayer is all that is… Read More ›
POWER OF A GODLY PRESENCE
“as soon as Gideon was dead,…the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals” – Judges 8:33 I recall years ago meeting a woman who introduced herself as being a former member of the Lord’s church. I asked… Read More ›
SPIRITUAL AMNESIA
I hear stories from time to time where a man or woman is picked up with no identity and no recollection of who they are. This would be a terrible condition especially because of the estrangement from all family and… Read More ›
EXAMPLE OF HOW DAN BILLINGSLY DISTORTS SCRIPTURE
In Billingsly’s direct attack on me, in a 9 page PDF he sent to churches of Christ (View COMPLETE DOCUMENT HERE), he offers the following to my statement that his doctrine is ridiculous: 2. MAYFIELD’S MISREPRESENTATION: “This is a ridiculous… Read More ›
LOVE YOUR WIFE AND GRANT HER HONOR SO YOUR PRAYERS WILL BE HEARD
Proverbs says, “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD.” It is blind and foolish man that let’s a good woman get away. It is a blind and foolish man that doesn’t give… Read More ›
YOU CAN CALL IT ENTERTAINMENT, BUT IF IT’S WORSHIP IT MUST BE PLEASING TO GOD
I notice how creative men get when they want to justify their actions. Worshiping with mechanical instruments is not found in the New Testament. So men look for creative ways to justify their Old Testament worship. Don’t they also have… Read More ›
