Starting March 6, the Church of Christ at Ben will host a Gospel meeting. This podcast talks about the plans for that special week with Jerry and Jackie Prince.

Is hurting someone's feelings wrong? What does "offend" actually mean?

Judge not that you be not judged - perhaps one of the most quoted verses in the bible. It also is one of the most misapplied verses. 

Just a book of fables written by delusional men?  Let's look at some facts of the Book that give even more reason to accept it as not just another book of man.

Happiness is something we desire, we crave, we need and for some reason seem to be most disappointed when we get to a place we thought would bring us happiness but it does not. Let’s consider…. How can we get happiness… stay with us as I think you might be surprised at the answer.

In 1 Peter we read of three categories….

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear

Let’s look at these groups of people to be sure we comprehend what is being said and who is the group referenced as "Sinners"?

The pew research center posted at the end of 2017 that around 28% of those polled said that they talk to God and God talks to them… about 47 percent say they talk to God and he does NOT talk to them… 15 says there is communication going in neither direction. So it is safe to say, there is a decent number that believes they are being talked to in some fashion by God.

The question I would like to pose is the following – how do you know?

Was it a miracle that David won?

If familiar with the lesson of David and Goliath – and most would consider David the underdog. Those that lean towards Goliath being the underdog typically do so because David had God on his side and who could win with God on your side?

We certainly don’t want to take away what it means to have God on your side – but there are some interesting points in this story we can easily overlook.

Genesis – established testing of faith

Gen 2:16  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Gen 2:17  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Eze_18:20  The soul that sinneth, it shall die.

What is the process? Is there a pattern we can see and possibly stop before it is too late? Yes there is.

I bet you know or have heard someone declare that they are spiritual but not religious. I recently heard this statement from a work colleague as another staff member mentioned something about going to church. He made the comment that he was a very spiritual person but not religious. He added that he just didn’t believe in all of the rules, regulations and what have you that go along with religion. What about that? Can you be spiritual without being religious?