This request is found in God’s exhortation of his people in Haggai chapter 1. Haggai was probably among the Babylonian born Jews who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (cf. Ezra…
Why should we consider our ways? Considering one’s ways is a distinct privilege. No creature but a human being can say “…I commune with mine own heart, and my spirit…
Nations have risen, increased, and fallen. Rulers have obtained thrones, reigned over kingdoms, and succumbed to the cold grip of death. Many generations of men and women have come and…
I think that most of the Eastern Meadows church is concerned about church growth. That is, it is important to us to see the “numbers” increase; we are interested in…
In 1829 Thomas Campbell proposed: “Nothing should be admitted into our churches (congregations) either as to doctrine, or practice, or manner of teaching, or terms of communion, or ministerial qualifications,…
A tract is entitled “Why Doesn’t God Hear My Prayers?” Often this may be the very question someone asks. At times it may be that God has neither heard nor…
The tragedy of abortion can never be fully demonstrated. Yes, it is an emotional issue. One woman writes, “the sound of the suction machine haunts me to this day. I…
In America today abortion occurs at the rate of 4,000 babies per day – one every 21 seconds. More babies are killed by American mothers in five months than all…
It seems, among some, that balance is a word to be avoided in connection with spiritual matters. Take a look around you; our American society is a case in point….