My Opinion - - -

at 03/15/10 10:06AM
I've lived down here 20 years.

If you kids are coming to South Padre Island for spring break . . .

DON'T LET THEM GO OVER INTO MEXICO!!

Violence escalating over there. Really bad.

My Opinion - - -

at 03/15/10 10:06AM

From PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS by Sweazey

at 03/12/10 8:52AM
"They did not crucify Jesus because He said, 'Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow,' but because He said, 'Consider the thieves
in the temple, how they steal'."

George E. Sweazey
  • rainout
    April 4!!! Extreme Makeover: HOme Edition...2 hour special featuring grass by Murff Turf Farms!! ;)
    by rainout at 03/12/10 3:32PM
  • wberk
    Hey folks - Mark that date!
    by wberk at 03/12/10 4:41PM
  • maucknot
    Good thought, George. I like this good quote stuff you are doing.
    by maucknot at 03/14/10 10:12PM

War Death

at 03/09/10 3:13PM *
James Dunigan, gospel preacher, formerly with the Park Hill church in Ft. Smith, now located in West Virginia, gave his friends the bad news that his son (US Army) was killed in Afghanistan this week. You can address a card to the family in this way:

The Dunigan Family
c/o Westside church of Christ
Davisson Run Road
Rt. 6 Box 802
Clarksburg, WV 26301

They can be helped through our prayers.
  • AlanL
    Such a tragedy. Said a prayer for them.
    by AlanL at 03/11/10 1:24PM
  • rebekah1
    oh no. ^me, too^.
    by rebekah1 at 03/11/10 9:50PM

03/08/10 9:42AM

The Limited Value of Comparative Religion
Warren E. Berkley

Preached last night about the woman at the well (Jno. 4), and included this observation:

Discussions of religion must get beyond comparative religion before truth can be sought,
learned and obeyed, and relationship with God established.

At the college level, in religious studies, the big thing is comparative religion. You take
hundreds of religious practices and organizations, line them up and study them, compare
them and talk about the differences. People really get interested in this and it virtually
becomes an academic hobby. An intriguing subject of discussion and course study and
books, that never really gets to what has God said.

Outside the academic community, there are many who simply never get beyond thinking
about what groups of people do. People will ask me, “How are you different from the Baptist?”
Often, there is not an interests in Bible study, just a curiosity about how churches are different.

I respond by saying, “Let’s open the Bible and see what God wants us to do?” Knowing how
one church differs from another will not save anyone from sin. Even if we find some limited
value in talking about the differences, what we must ultimately (and quickly) do is –
Open the Word of God, for that’s where the saving power is!

If we must compare something to something else, let’s compare what we think and do to
the Word of God. We will conclude, there are changes that need our attention!

“For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is
a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart,” (Heb. 4:12).
  • jlmanager
    Good observation.
    by jlmanager at 03/08/10 12:48PM
  • mreid72
    Excellent.
    by mreid72 at 03/08/10 3:41PM