Here are some of my favorite posts from other brotherhood works that I have read in the recent past. It's amazing how many great resources are available for Christians via the world wide web. Take a moment and check out these articles and videos and don't forget to browse around the sites while you are there!

2 Fundamentally Different Understandings of Right and Wrong - Radically Christian     It seems to me, the number one reason many of us cannot seem to agree on what is right and wrong behavior for Christians is that we have a fundamentally different way of viewing right and wrong. Read More

The Yoke of Christ - Christian Courier
     Though the citizens of Galilee had observed Christ performing many mighty works, most of them were not moved to repentance (Matt. 11: 20ff). In spite of that spirit of rebellion... Read More

What Must I Know to Be Saved? - Christian Courier
     Three times in the book of Acts the question is posed concerning what one must “do” to be saved. The Jews, on the day of Pentecost, framed the question (Acts 2:37), as... Read More

Is This A Friendly Church? - Preacher Pollard
     While we would be tempted to ask this of ourselves, that’s really not a very honest reflection or indication of a true answer.  But, thankfully, there are several whom we can ask.  Don’t miss the importance of their candor. Read More

The New You (Episode 2) - Robert Hatfield/The Light Network
     In the second episode of TLN's brand new, daily, podcast, Robert discusses "marching forth". Read More

Making Sense of Religious Matters - Veritas Venator
     This past Wednesday evening in our study in Job, I asked a question of the class based on our readings in Job (chs. 31-35), Why do we try to make sense of things that happen to us? Read More

Real Life Super Heroes: Single Parents - Strong Church
     Today we look at a real life super hero: single parents. Single moms and dads are some of hardest working people out there. As a non-single parent I simply don’t know how they do it. Read More

     I have recently been preaching through the 7 ones of Ephesians 4:4-6, the things which are the building blocks of Christian unity wherein we find the standard for our fellowship between brethren. This week, the topic at hand is that of the "one Lord (Ephesians 4:5)." I have to admit, this sermon has been difficult for me to wrap my finite head around, but as Sunday was growing ever near I was faced with condensing the Biblical teachings on the Lord into something which could be conveyed to the congregation effectively so that we can leave the worship service with a better, although somewhat superficial, understanding of what the term means and how it applies to the Christ. 

     I have to admit, I put it off as long as possible, knowing that I most likely wasn't going to do the topic as much justice as it deserves. And then, I read Ephesians 5-6 again!

     In these two chapters, really the end of chapter 5 and the beginning of chapter 6 I found something that might be one of the best passages I've read on the subject although it isn't directly pointed toward that end. Let's discuss it briefly and hopefully you will see the same!

The Lord Passionately Cares for Us, As A Husband Does His Wife - Ephesians 5:22-33
     The only thing which I can see would NOT fit this illustration, which we understand that an illustration is just that and doesn't exactly prove a point in and of itself, is that the wife and the husband are equal in humanity and yet the wife is commanded to submit to the husband's leadership in order to keep the marriage bond pleasing to God (Ephesians 5:21) while we are not equal to God (Isaiah 55:8-9). 

     However, the Biblical teaching of the marriage bond being an illustration of how the Lord and His children interact is very strong, and for good reason. 1) He was willing to die for us, as I am to be willing to die for the wellbeing of my wife (Ephesians 5::25-27). 2) The church is treated as part of the Lord, as a husband and wife have become one flesh (Ephesians 5:28-30). 3) All other relationships are to be forsaken, making the relationship between husband and wife the most important next to that of Christian and God (Ephesians 5:31). 

     See, the man's love and care for his wife is a wonderful look into the love and care of the Divine for His people!

The Lord Propagates Himself in Us, As A Father Does His Son - Ephesians 6:1-4
     The Law of Biogenesis states that life originates from life after its own kind (Genesis 1:25). If that is the case, and it is, then it would go to say that the physical bond between father and son would be very strong. We understand this in that many of us look, sound, walk and even sometimes act the way our fathers do. But, it goes beyond the genetic similarities!

     In Ephesians 6:1-4, Paul gives the commands to children to obey their parents but at the end of that passage (verse 4) he gives exhortation to the father, teaching him to rear his children in a godly way obviously in keeping with his own Christianity (for, a father not living the Christian life cannot effectively teach his child to do so). 

     In much the same way, the Lord propagates, or reproduces after his kind, Christians into a person built not only in the image of God, in that he has some of the characteristics of the Almighty, but in the very attitude of God! 

     It goes without saying that the Lord is our spiritual Father (1 Peter 2:9, Proverbs 3:11-12, Hebrews 12:5-11), but I'm afraid that sometimes we fail to recognize that the Lord is not simply commanding us to clean our spiritual rooms  because He likes to keep a clean house (see what I did there?) but more than that, He wasn't us to be like Him!


     There it is, the Lord purchased us to be His slaves because He loved us so much that He wanted to instill in us His attributes so that we can be like Him and be with Him eternally. He is, in fact, my LORD! I hope you can say that He is yours...