Posts from August 2026

Have you ever been accused of being narrow minded? Most everyone has at one time or another, especially if you are a Christian. Gospel preachers, and sometimes elders in the church, often are accused of it. In fact, anyone who contends for the truth in spiritual matters sometimes is accused of being narrow minded. Yet, people have no problem with being narrow minded in other areas of life. Just don’t be so narrow in religion. No slight deviation is acceptable…

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for every one.” (Heb.2:9) And how do we see Him? Not by dreams or visions; not by exercising our imaginations. We see Him by faith, and faith comes by hearing the word of God. (Rom.10:17) Abraham saw Jesus by faith and rejoiced. (John 8:56) Faith is the…

In John’s third epistle he commended Gaius for helping traveling brethren, such as providing lodging and helping them on their journey, saying. “We therefore ought to receive such that we might be fellow helpers to the truth” (III John 8) KJV/ The NKJV uses the term “fellow worker.” Of course, the truth does not need our help to make it better, or more complete and sufficient, or more acceptable to man. (II Tim. 3:16,17) But it does need our help…

In 1945 a loaf of bread cost 9 cents, a gallon of gas 15 cents, a new car $1000, and a new house $4600. These prices doubled by 1955. Today, over seventy years later, these items cost more than twenty times as much. Everyone is concerned about inflation. It affects most everything of value, except what is the most valuable. Air is free. We pay to filter it, cool or heat it, but air is free. Water is free. We…