Do you have a good reputation? I know most of the people in this congregation well enough to know that your answer to that question is probably “Yes!” However, I may not know you well enough to answer the next question, “Have you honestly earned the good reputation that you enjoy?” You see, there are […]
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” This past Tuesday evening as most of us were eating dinner, occupied with household chores or just relaxing after a hard day at work, the news of something momentous began to be […]
What more unlikely candidate to utter a wise saying than the wicked and wily King Ahab? Yet, in spite of his idolatry, immorality and selfishness he had a few positive traits. Although the inspired record clearly reveals in Ahab a weak moral character, it also bears witness to his strengths, one of which was the apparent ability to […]
Where does the Bible say I can’t smoke marijuana? Where in the Bible is social drinking condemned? If the Bible does not specifically condemn dancing, then don’t tell me I can’t dance! How do we answer people who demand a specific Biblical condemnation for behavior that most of us recognize as being wrong? Consider the […]
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all […]
Good Lord’s Day morning! It is a wonderful joy for the Christians here at Chester to join together in body and spirit to worship God. The Psalmist David said, “I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord’” (Ps 122:1). His sentiments are those of our hearts […]
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” One of the […]
ON a Sunday morning past, exactly sixty-seven years ago today, the United States was drawn into World War II when our military base at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor was attacked by the imperial forces of Japan – “A day of infamy”, as President Roosevelt described it. Our armed forces were encouraged to keep that infamous attack […]
One of the most encouraging observations which I made during my preaching trip to South Africa a few years ago was in the life of a young South African preacher by the name of Darlington Ndlovu. Darlington is a native South African from the famed Zulu nation. He has been a Christian for only seven […]
The question that immediately comes to mind is, “Did the parents involved totally lack moral principles?” Had they somehow not picked up on the basic role of parents in a child’s life? As if it were not bad enough to allow a teenage son or daughter to drink alcoholic beverages, these parents were also encouraging […]
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