Blog Articles
Blog archives of the Miller Avenue Church of Christ
The Remorse of Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot occupies a very dark and singular place in the gospel narratives. His role does not demand a lot of…
Gathering: Do it All the Time
Do this sometime: Go through Luke’s Acts account and make a note every time you see Christians gathering. You’ll find something that…
Made For Growth
Some verbs are most comfortably used in the passive sense. “Grow” is one of those verbs. Sure, the word is used differently…
Is God's Word Enough?
When the apostle Paul has an urgent message to impart in one of his epistles, the reader knows it right away.…
Luke 7: The Glory in the Offering
Luke 7: 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and…
Jesus: Preeminent in Everything
“The word “getting” is, I think, the problem with contemporary Christianity. God is the audience of worship. What you get…
Pride Blind: the Pharisee and Me
Do you ever wonder if we get any benefit out of messages about pride? Yeah-boy. I’m not even sure why I am…
Edification: You've got to have a plan
A few years back, our group embarked on teaching in support of an annual theme we called Purposeful Edification. The idea, of…
Words from the Well: Jeremiah vs. the Mainstream
It’s 586 BC and here’s the situation in and around Jerusalem. The Babylonian army, at the direction of Nebuchadnezzar, has…
Tough Choices. And Cake.
You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. This phrase is an idiom, or an axiom, or a modern…
Not That Guy: Moses and the Call to Serve
Welcome to 1500 B.C. It’s more than half a century into God’s plan to make of Abraham a great nation…
