Tag: Lord

Casual Christianity

By: Rev. Gerry Weesner, Maples United Methodist Church “Whoever sins is guilty of breaking God’s law because sin is a breaking of the law.  You know that Christ appeared in order to take away sins and that there is no sin in him.  So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to…

Bible Study

By: James Potter, Oakwood Church of Christ 1. What is Christ’s name in 2nd Peter 2:10-22? 2. What is Christ’s name in Romans 14:1-23? 3. What is Christ’s name in Acts 10:23-43 and Romans 10:1-15? 4. What is Christ’s name in 1st Corinthians 2:6-16? 5. What is Christ’s name in Isaiah 54:1-8? 6. What is…

Parson to Person

By: Dr. James Bachman Dear Parson, We are working on a living will and wondering if it is right to withhold hydration and nutrition to help expedite death? God says in Deuteronomy 32:39, “I kill, and I make alive.” Psalm 68:20 says, “…unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.” James 4:15 says, For…

Bible Study

By: James Potter, Oakwood Church of Christ 1. What is Christ’s name in John 12:12-22? 2. What is Christ’s name in 1st Timothy 6:3-16? 3. What is Christ’s name in Matthew 27:34-44? 4. What is Christ’s name in Zechariah 9:9? 5. What is Christ’s name in Revelations 13:1-10? 6. What is Christ’s name in John…

Good Soil and Bad Soil

By: Rev. Gerry Weesner, Maples United Methodist Church “Then he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much…

Welcoming a Prophet

By: Rev. Gerry Weesner, Maples United Methodist Church “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive…

Bible Study

By: James Potter, Oakwood Church of Christ Today we are still studying the names of Jesus that was spoken mostly in the Old Testament and some in the New Testament. We must also remember that the word of Christ is not mentioned in the Old Testament. Christ is known as the anointed one, (spiritual) and…

Undivided Hearts

By Rev. Gerry Weesner, Maples United Methodist Church “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the…

Parson to Person

By: Dr. James Bachman Dear Parson, Do babies who die go to heaven? Though babies have a sinful nature, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12), sin is the willful transgression of the law,…

Parson to Person

By: Dr. James Bachman Dear Parson, I am in my fifties. When I was a teenager my father committed suicide. I’ve been ashamed all these years and have made some bad decisions as a result. How do I overcome being ashamed? Shame is basically receiving reproach or stigma. Being ashamed as a result of doing…