In Genesis 3, we read of the fall of Adam and Eve.  God told them not to eat the fruit of the tree that was in the midst of the garden of Eden (ver. 3), but the devil came along in the form of a serpent and tempted them (vers. 1-5).  Eve succumbed to his […]

We began this series of blogs this week by emphasizing that we should not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ, which is sometimes referred to as “the faith.”  Well, if we truly are not ashamed of the gospel, we will not be ashamed to contend for it either. Jude 1:3 (KJV) 3  Beloved, when […]

Jesus said that we must let our light shine before men (Matthew 5:16).  We do that, at least in part, by living a morally upright life, something of which we should never be ashamed.  In our last blog, I wrote about not being ashamed to live a pure life, refraining from the sin of sexual […]

There is a great chasm between the moral standard of Christ and the morality that is practiced by the world.  Just like local churches of Christ are in the minority among religious bodies, individual Christians are in the minority among people.  We must fight the urge to be like everyone else, and not be ashamed […]

In Acts 2, Luke tells us that the Lord added to the church those who were being saved (Acts 2:47).  The church is made up of those who obey the gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:14). If you are saved, you are a Christian and a member of the Lord’s church because being […]