The Brown Street church of Christ is what brethren refer to as a non-institutional church.  What that means is that we oppose human organizations doing the work that God gave to the church, specifically, that is, to individuals who make up the universal church and to local churches made up of individual Christians.  There has […]

One of the most erroneous doctrines taught by man is that it is impossible to fall from grace.  We sometimes refer to this as the “once saved, always saved” doctrine.  Those who believe it are Calvinists and refer to it as the “perseverance of the saints,” the “P” in the TULIP acronym representing the five […]

“Man, that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble” (Job 14:1).  Time, as we know it, is running out for each one of us.  Compared to eternity, our life is short.  You get married, and before you know it, you are celebrating your fiftieth wedding anniversary.  You have children, […]

Walking Worthy of Our Calling Those of us who are Christians are richly blessed to have been called by God into His spiritual family.  We were all called the same way, that is, by the gospel of Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14). Having been called by the gospel, we must now walk worthy of it. Ephesians […]

Paul said, “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son…”  (Galatians 4:4).  Jesus came to this world to rescue man from the strong grasp of the devil and the shackles of sin.  As John put it, He came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). To […]

During his second missionary journey, Paul made a visit to Thessalonica, where he enjoyed some success in disseminating the gospel of Christ (Acts 17:1-4). “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and […]

In Psalms 118:6, the Psalmist made the statement, “The Lord is on my side…”  With the state of things being what they are in our society today, we sometimes need help to cope.  We need advice that can help us out of difficult situations or that will prevent us from getting into those situations in […]

Procrastination is a flaw shared by many in the world today, and perhaps we are all guilty of it at times.  Some people plan to obey the gospel and serve God someday, just not today.  It reminds me of the time that Paul preached to Felix, reasoning of righteousness, temperance, and judgment.  Felix was moved […]

Our society places much emphasis on the material things of this world.  In our world, money talks.  If you have it, people view you as being someone important, successful, and smart.  If you are rich, people will listen to you when you talk, even if what you say is not worth very much.  Some of […]

Let me start this article by saying that I do not believe at this stage that this issue under consideration should be made a test of fellowship.  I will tell you why I feel that way later on in the article.  Having said that, it is my personal belief that conservative brethren need to reconsider […]