Articles

How great to say with David, “I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord” (Psalm 122:1). Another psalm also urges, “Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (95:6). Both verses are the attitude of a redeemed, transformed heart. […]

Paul frequently compared the Christian experience to war. He refers to Christians as “soldiers” and charges us to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). In 1 Timothy 1:18-19 Paul charged Timothy to “wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected, concerning the faith and have suffered […]

This is an important question every member should be asking themselves. Philippians 2:13 says God wants to work in you so that you may do “His good pleasure.” 1 Corinthians 12:18 tells us “God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it pleased Him.” Each member of the body of […]

I was speaking to a man this past week about the topic of homosexuality.  He owns a foster-care agency that specializes in hard-to-place foster children.  These are usually teenagers with criminal records, some are pregnant, and some have declared themselves to be “gay.”  The man I am talking to is not a Christian, but he […]

There may be some things in the Bible which are difficult to understand, but there are others which are so simply stated but often are easily overlooked. Two of these truths are that Jesus established the church and that He never wanted it to be changed. Read Matthew 16:18 and notice how easy it is […]

Solomon, the wisest man of the Old Testament, had so much to say to young people about their lives. A quick search of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes shows that he mentions child, children, son, sons, young and youth over 85 times in these books. Evidently one of the purposes Solomon wrote these books was to give […]

Near the entrance of Gethsemane, He left eight of the apostles and then took Peter, James and John closer to the place where He was to pray. He left this “inner circle” and “…went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed” (Matt. 26:39, KJV). He went further than others—He always did—and told […]

Church is hard for the person walking through the doors, afraid of judgement. Church is hard for the prodigal soul returning home, broken and battered by the world. Church is hard for the girl who looks like she has it all together, but doesn’t. Church is hard for the couple who fought the entire ride […]

As Lehman Avenue embarks on a month of specific prayer about our work, future, goals, and events, we may feel a lot like the disciples felt as we examine our prayer life. We may be thinking, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). Jesus taught much about prayer, by what He did and said (cf. Acts 1:1). Consider […]

There are very few areas of expertise achieved by men apart from diligent study and practice. Olympic athletes and other individuals considered to be at the peak of physical human ability are not born that way. They have a regime they have followed, and most of them practice, and practice, and practice, devoting hours a […]