• The Narrow Way

    The Narrow Way

    Near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus starts to wrap up His message
    with a warning: “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the
    way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow
    is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find
    it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)


    If this warning was not enough to grab your attention, just a few verses later he
    adds to it: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall…

  • The Peril of a Self-Focused Lens

    A recent review by the University of New South Wales in Australia calls attention to the danger of … taking selfies.

    The review, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, surveyed multiple studies in the U.S. and Australia of incidents in which people were injured or killed while taking pictures of themselves with their smartphones. The two most common causes: falling from heights and drowning. Some scenic locations have even implemented “no selfie zones,” physical barriers, signs, and social media warnings in hopes of preventing such accidents. The review concludes that…

  • 'Let Brotherly Love Continue'

    “Let brotherly love continue” (Hebrews 13:1). “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love” (Romans 12:10).

    In these verses, “brotherly love” (Gr. philadelphia, from philia, love + adelophos, brother) describes the warm affection and mutual concern that flows from a sense of kinship — in this case, our connection to one another as fellow children of God. As John wrote, “Whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him” (1 John 5:1).

    But sometimes brotherly love is hard. Why? Because our brothers and sisters are not always lovable! They…

  • Amaziah: The Half-Hearted King

    2 Chronicles 25 records the reign of Judah’s king Amaziah. As with each of Judah’s kings, the text gives an inspired summary of his character. But Amaziah’s is unlike the rest: “He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart” (verse 2). As some translations word it, his heart was not “true” or “loyal.” Amaziah’s obedience didn’t come from devoted commitment to God.

    A few verses later, we see an example. Amaziah led an army against Judah’s enemy, Edom, even heeding the voice of God’s prophet in his…

  • The Pursuit of Honesty

    David pledged, “He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me” (Psalm 101:7).

    The Hebrew word translated “deceit” primarily means laxness or slackness, but it often has (as in this verse) the sense of dishonesty or treachery. And “falsehood” here simply means deception, fraud, lying.

    David valued honesty and integrity. He did not want to be influenced by anyone given to deceit, whether in his personal life or in his role as Israel’s king. This wasn’t just a matter…

  • Bulletin May 25, 2025

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  • Double Vision

    Double Vision

    Matthew 6:19-24
    “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
    destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves
    treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where
    thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your
    heart will be also.
    “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body
    will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of
    darkness. If then the light in you…

  • Have You Closed Your Eyes...?

    Have You Closed Your Eyes, Stopped Your Ears and Hardened Your Heart?
    (Carroll Ray Sutton)
               
    It is obvious that God has given us eyes to see, ears to hear and hearts to understand. Although this is true, many do not see, nor hear nor understand God's Will for their lives. Why is this true?
     
    In Mt. 13:14-15 Jesus explained why he spake unto the multitudes in parables. He said: "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is…

  • Bulletin May 18, 2025

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  • The Crown

    THE CROWN
    (by Wayne S. Walker)

     

    A few years ago, I had to have a gold crown put on a tooth that kept chipping. As I was sitting in the dentist's chair waiting, it occurred to me that the word “crown” appears quite frequently in the New Testament, so when I arrived back at the office I did some studying on it. Our English word “crown” comes from a Middle English root, which in turn comes from the Old French, which is based on…

  • Martha Martha

    “Martha, Martha”

    Luke 10:38ff records a visit Jesus made to Bethany, the home of three of his most
    intimate friends, Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha.
    Now as they were traveling along, He entered a certain village; and a
    woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. And she had a
    sister called Mary, who moreover was listening to the Lord's word,
    seated at His feet. But Martha was distracted with all her
    preparations; and she came up to Him, and said, "Lord, do You not care
    that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then…

  • Bulletin May 11, 2025

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  • Do You Want To Live Forever?

    Bryan Johnson has one chief purpose in life: not dying.

    The 47-year-old tech entrepreneur notes that immortality is “the most fundamental of all human desires” and that most world religions focus on some version of it. But now, he believes, something like immortality is “technically, potentially possible.”

    Johnson explains: “What I’ve done as a project is I’ve said: Can I slow down my speed of aging to the greatest extent of any human on the planet? And can I then eliminate all the sources of death? Can I become…

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