Does the teaching of Paul regarding being unequally yoked have application to marriage? Specifically: may a believer marry an unbeliever? May a Christian marry one who is not (i.e., a Jew, a Buddhist, an atheist, etc.)? Does God recognize such unions as legitimate marriages?
View More Unequally Yoked Together. Does 2 Corinthians 6:14 Apply to MarriageAuthor: Al Maxey
Taking the Kingdom by Force (Matthew 11:12)
Have you ever been under fire? I’m not necessarily referring to being literally shot at by an enemy, although I can attest to the fact…
View More Taking the Kingdom by Force (Matthew 11:12)The Prophecy of Jonah
Technically, the book of Jonah is anonymous, however Jewish tradition holds that the author is Jonah himself. In more recent years it has come to be believed that “the book is about Jonah rather than by him.”
View More The Prophecy of JonahAdorned with Proper Apparel
I was raised in northwestern New Mexico, near the four-corners area on the Navajo Indian reservation. From the time I was about 4 or 5…
View More Adorned with Proper ApparelMurmuring Members
We might as well be perfectly honest here and speak very frankly — virtually every congregation, whether large or small, whether “liberal,” “mainstream” or “conservative,” contains a hardened handful who seem to feel “led of God” to criticize and castigate everyone and everything around them.
View More Murmuring MembersMarshall Keeble the Evangelist of the 1940s
Bro. Keeble was successful beyond anyone’s expectations! It was not unusual for him to baptize as many as a hundred people in a single gospel meeting.
View More Marshall Keeble the Evangelist of the 1940sJudas Iscariot
The name Judas comes from the Greek word Ioudas, which is simply the word employed for the Hebrew name Judah. We discover from Gen. 29:35…
View More Judas IscariotHow Love Behaves
“God is love” (1 John 4:8,16). “Love is from God” (1 John 4:7). “His love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12). “Perfect love casts…
View More How Love BehavesThe Genealogy of Jesus
Within the pages of the Old Covenant writings one will find approximately 26 different genealogical lists. Some are rather brief, others fairly extensive.
View More The Genealogy of JesusWhen A Church Has No Elders
Let me begin this reflective analysis by saying that I firmly believe the ideal is for each congregation to have strong, Spirit-led shepherds to guide the flock.
View More When A Church Has No EldersDid Adam And Eve Have Belly Buttons?
Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
View More Did Adam And Eve Have Belly Buttons?Church and State
A dear brother in Christ from the great state of Alabama recently wrote, “Al, I am active in the Republican Party. Many years ago I…
View More Church and StateThe Bronze Serpent
Enrich Fromm [1900-1980], in his highly acclaimed work Psychoanalysis and Religion, which is rather fascinating reading by the way, astutely observed, “Religion is any system…
View More The Bronze SerpentBroken Shepherd’s Staffs (Zechariah 11)
The name Zechariah — Hebrew: Zekar-yah — literally means “Yahweh has remembered.” This was a very common Hebrew name, and we find almost thirty different…
View More Broken Shepherd’s Staffs (Zechariah 11)Body Building 101
To “edify” simply means “to build up.” Edification, therefore, is simply the process of building up someone or something. Another word in this family is…
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