Author: Charles Blair
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Growing A Church
There are many books out in the market place that deal with how to grow a church, some good and others bad. The best place to begin to study such an idea as to how to grow a church should be the Word of God. The Scriptures teach that all men are lost and are…
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How do once faithful churches change their direction?
There are, no doubt, many reasons. I would cite the number one cause is leaving the Word of God. Faith has as its origin the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). Speaking of faith in this way calls for effort on the part of man to understand what God’s Word teaches. It is not just understanding…
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Why Announce It?
Recently two men from the sports world announced that they were “gay”. One was from the NBA and the other has hopes of making it in the NFL. In our recent past, former President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House and declared fit to rule by the Senate. The reason he could continue to…
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Are some sins greater than others?
Sin is a transgression of the law of God (I John 3:4). Sin can be seen as something we do as in a one time act or something that we live in, daily. Paul wrote about Gentiles and how they lived in sin before they became Christians (Col. 3:7). This refers to living in sin.…
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Confiscate Or Get Rid Of
Have you heard about all the evil that guns do? The current thought being promoted in the media is that because guns kill people then we should make every effort to confiscate or get rid of every gun in America. May I challenge that reasoning for a moment? Using the word “scalpel” to represent different…
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What do people hope to gain by speaking in a bad way about the church of Christ?
There is a mind-set today of men striving to blend in where there is no criticism of what they are doing. They yearn to be accepted of men thinking that is the highest good they could achieve. They desire either in small or great ways to be exalted by men. Jesus warns us if that…
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What is to be the reaction of Christians to the way the government is taking a stand against God?
Knowledge of God and His will is vital to what we face at this time. We read about a king named Nebuchadnezzar who thought himself to be on top of the world. He attributed his greatness and kingdom to his own power and wisdom. When God was finished with him at the end of Daniel…
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I Am Not Ashamed To Own My Lord
The above words come from a hymn that we often sing. It follows with the idea “…nor to defend his cause.” Our singing is to be used in a public way for teaching and admonishing each other (Col. 3:16). The truths embedded in such songs should cause us to realize the power of singing and…
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What all is meant by the sin of being covetous?
The word as used in the New Testament means “more to have”. A person is never satisfied and will spend all they have to obtain some material object or person. As Christians we are taught that whatever we do, we do it in the name of the Lord; that is, for His glory (Col. 3:17).…
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Lessons From Achan
Israel crossed Jordan and entered Canaan. The new generation growing up during the forty years of wilderness wanderings had to be circumcised (Josh. 5:2,3). Following that we find that in faith Israel went and conquered Jericho (Joshua 6). The next target was Ai. No one consulted God but sent out men to check out Ai.…