Posts Tagged ‘about this site’
I found just the sermon I was looking for
Question: Hello, While searching the web I came across your web site. I was looking for something on the subject of Good Men Doing Nothing. Your sermon on that subject was just what I wanted. I can’t thank you enough. Your web site is a very good one. I know as my husband is the webmaster…
Read MoreI appreciate the pictures you provide
Question: Praise God! I am very appreciative of your web site. It is very helpful for me in painting events from the Bible era, Jesus, and the disciples. My talent is painting, and I have been practicing painting, but it is hard to express their emotions and scenery. But now I can paint by referring…
Read MoreI wish you had an amen button
Question: Facebook has a like button, I wish you had an Amen button. I’d be clicking it all the time. May God bless you in His service. Answer: Thank you for your kind words of encouragement.
Read MoreYour site is very useful
Question: Your site has been very useful. May the Lord use you more in people like me, and may He shine His beautiful face upon you and your church! I really wish I could join you guys. God bless you big time! Answer: It would be nice to have you with us as well, we…
Read MoreCan I get a printed copy of your site?
Question: I have seen your site and the great information that you have presented in it and I cannot tell you how much it has been of help to me in my preaching and studies. If you please, do you have it in a book form? If you have it, can I send for a…
Read MoreAre you supposed to acknowledge that you are quoting from the NKJV?
Question: If you quote from the New King James Version aren’t you suppose to include a proper acknowledgment? I think it can be found near the preface if there is one in your NKJV. If you don’t include the proper acknowledgment they want is that not breaking copyright law? Answer: Thomas Nelson Publishers ask: The…
Read MoreIt was good to read your message on your home page
Question: I wanted to drop you a line telling you “Thanks!” It was so good to read the message on your home page. In today’s society, it is so difficult to find congregations that believe as you do. I pray that God continues to bless you all. Answer: I appreciate the words of encouragement.
Read MoreCan you tell me your source for your opening statement in “Social Drinking”?
Question: I’m an addictions counselor. Having recently read your article “Social Drinking,” (Dudley Ross Spears), I have a question: How did you come up (substantiation for) with your opening statement: “We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population”? Answer: One of the sources I used when…
Read MoreI’m so grateful to find your article on premillennialism
Question: I have accepted a challenge to spend two Sunday mornings (that’s not much!) in surveying the basics of premillennial eschatology. I am grateful to our faithful Jesus, the Lord of us both, that I finally, after so much searching, came across your church’s web site and your article on premillennialism. You’re so right that…
Read More“The Letter to Laodicea” really refreshed my spirit
Question: I want to thanks your words in “The Letter to Laodicea.” They really refresh my spirit with joy. We should have more ministers sharing our thoughts with each other. Especially the last paragraphs commenting about Apostle Paul’s motive for Philemon’s epistle and his ways to ensure the right thing was done. It’s so needed…
Read MoreYour answers to guys’ questions about things related to sex helped me as well
Question: I recently came across your website when googling issues about sex. The page that opened went to one in which you addressed various questions asked by boys and men. In as much as the information was directed at them, it helped me, too. Being human, we suffer or encounter similar challenges. I could identify with…
Read MoreThank you for the information on forgiveness and repentance
Question: Thank you very much for your web site’s index. I have been struggling a lot with issues concerning forgiveness, repentance and such. My story is quite intriguing and alarming; however, I don’t want to overwhelm you with it. Your site makes me feel like I have hope, and that when I repented, that God really…
Read MoreYour sermon on modesty was just what I was looking for
Question: I have been asked to do a split session with our teen girls on modesty. In my internet searching for illustrations, I stumble across your sermon. I have books, printouts, and many other sources, and needed help consolidating. What you have put together is exactly what I was looking for. You gave good illustrations…
Read MoreCarey Scott’s article was very interesting and informative
Question: Shalom, Just wanted to say I found the writing about Exodus 4:25-26 by Carey Scott very interesting and informative. Thank you. Answer: Happy to be of service.
Read MoreI don’t think I’ve said “thank you” enough
Question: I just wanted to drop a note about how much I appreciate the work you’ve done on the La Vista web site. I’ve taken advantage of it many times, but I don’t think I’ve often enough said, “thank you.” I don’t feel like I’ve ever had a moment wasted when I come here for…
Read MoreIt isn’t Christian-like to publish negative things about the Coptic church
Question: A question on the Coptic church has your response being negative of the Coptic church and using Bible verses in the wrong context. That is not Christian-like at all. That verse in Peter stating everyone is a priest was only for the twelve disciples as they were the first twelve priests. Answer: “But you are…
Read MoreI enjoyed the songbook review, even though I didn’t agree with all of it
Question: Having just read your review of Jeffcoat’s new songbook, I just thought I would drop you a note to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the review. I didn’t agree with all your comments, but I enjoyed them. Answer: I’m glad you found it useful.
Read MoreWhat is needed to use the material on your site?
Question: Hello. I am a preacher with a Christian Church. Some time ago, I had a professor from a Bible college point me to some articles on your web site. I have found several articles to be very helpful. I was writing to see what it would take to receive permission to print a couple…
Read MoreI don’t mind that you disagree with the Salvation Army, just don’t write about it
Question: I love the Lord with all my heart. In my life, I have been on an adventure with Jesus. I am not perfect (who is?), but I try every day to live a life as a servant of Jesus. I am really hurt that you would advise Christians not to give to the Salvation…
Read MoreIs your material available in printed form?
Question: I am looking for a church and found your web site. While looking it over, I wondered if you have in printed or as an Adobe PDF the Articles and Sermons sections (perhaps other information too)? I am grateful for some of the information I have had time to read on your site. It is true many religions today…
Read MoreI keep reading your answers to all of these questions and I keep saying, “Amen!”
Question: I keep reading your answers to all of these questions and I keep saying, “Amen!” Answer: Thank you. I try hard to answer as best I can.
Read MoreThank you for the tips on song leading
Question: Thank you so much for the tips that you have displayed on the site about Song Leading in the Church. I have been part of the church of Christ as far back as I can remember. I am very thankful that my parents raised me in this church. I was inspired by my late Grandfather to become a…
Read MoreYou certainly deal with “sticky” questions!
Question: I just had a look at your site. You do deal with “sticky” questions! I do appreciate your work. May the Lord bless you. Answer: Thank you for the encouragement.
Read MoreThank you for providing the illustrations of the Bible
Question: Thank you for providing these illustrations of the Bible. I am truly thankful to find this source so children today may still enjoy these priceless works of art. I am using them currently in a ministry in our local park in the summer. Answer: I’m glad you found them useful.
Read MoreI really enjoyed your material on the Parable of the Unjust Steward
Question: In preparing for a home study, I was looking for a further explanation of the parable about the unjust steward found in Luke 16. Really enjoyed reading your material on this. Answer: I’m glad you found the material useful.
Read MoreLove your article on the King James Version. Disappointed in your home page
Question: Regarding your article on the King James Version: God bless you! How so many in our movement think that the KJV is the only acceptable Bible, I will never understand! Wow! Then I went to your home page and was SOOOOO disappointed! Answer: Upon what passage in the Bible do you base your disappointment? “For do I…
Read MoreI came to the same conclusion regarding the letter to Laodicea that you did
Question: Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. After reading Colossians during one of my personal studies, I came across the reference to the letter from Laodicea. I wanted to find out more, so I read many commentaries to try to see what this letter was all about. No…
Read MoreYour web site is great and easy to use
Question: I want to compliment you a bunch on your web site. It is great, easy to use, and very user friendly. I really enjoy it and plan to access it often! Answer: Why thank you! It particularly tickles me since I teach web site design at a local community college every once in a…
Read MoreThe lesson “The Weight of the Nails” is incredible!
Question: I just finished reading the lesson on your web site regarding Psalm 139 and the “Weight of the Nails,” about the clotting agents and the days that should be waited until circumcision is done. Incredible! I am absolutely awed by your home page. This is what a church should be. Answer: I’m glad you are finding the web site…
Read MoreI just want to thank you for the time and effort you put into the web site’s Bible art section
Question: I just want to thank you for the time and effort you put into the website’s Bible art section. This has been helpful for me as I am writing some Bible class materials. Some of it I can’t use directly, but I have an artist who can get ideas from the old pictures. Perhaps we…
Read MoreYour collection of pictures is invaluable
Question: Thank you for creating this invaluable web site full of public domain Bible illustrations! I have used quite a few of them in my free children’s Bible lessons on www.martydonnellan.wordpress.com. You rock! Marty Answer: Thank you for your kind words. I don’t often post notes which contain links to other sites, but I’ve looked through…
Read MoreI appreciate your stand for serving the Lord in the right way
Question: Brother Hamilton, I live in a small Texas town. May you continue to serve the Lord in Nebraska. I appreciate your stand for serving the Lord in the right way. May you have a wonderful new year. Answer: I thank you deeply for the encouraging words.
Read MoreThank you for posting all the religious art on your site
Question: Thank you for posting all the religious art on your site. I often run across your site when I am looking for images for my sermons. Answer: Happy to be of service.
Read MoreI appreciate your statements on your home page
Question: I am a Christian and a deacon. I was looking for pictures to use for a study on Ananias and Sapphira and ran across your web site. I appreciate your statements on the home page. We are a spiritual organization authorized by God and purchased by His Son. There is no need nor authorization for so many things that…
Read MoreThank you for the article on the development of the New Testament Text
Question: A quick note to thank you for The Development of the New Testament Text. What a great page for showing a fairly sophisticated flow in an easy to understand way. Quite educational. I got it from my sister in Africa who’s husband is a missionary. I’ve no idea where La Vista is but they…
Read MoreThanks for the useful tool
Question: I had meant to point it out for a while now but have been very busy. In your article over The Nature of Sin, Temptation, and Lust. I believe you meant the first chapter of James, not the third for the beginning text. Otherwise, a well-orchestrated piece as usual. I cannot put into words how…
Read MoreI appreciate your honesty in admitting you don’t know everything about Exodus 4:24-26
Question: Thank you for your explanation of Exodus 4:24-26. I appreciate your honesty in not knowing all the answers. Sometimes those people can be the ones to trust the most. The humility of the answer was awesome and I loved your last comment that we can find the answer for sure in eternity but it may…
Read MoreThank you for putting all the pictures on the web site
Question: I just want to thank you and folks there for putting all the pictures on the web site. They are very useful in doing PowerPoint. Answer: You’re welcome. I’m glad to be of service.
Read MoreThank you for publishing old Bible illustrations
Question: Thank you for publishing these old Bible illustrations. When my children were small, I used to read Bible stories to them from a book that had illustrations such as these. I prefer them to modern illustrations. The modern children’s Bible stories are terrible. The illustrations are simply cartoons. Children have Saturday morning television for that…
Read MoreYour page caused me to rethink about modern Israel’s place in God’s plans
Question: I saw your web page “Is the Modern Nation of Israel Important?” I was trained to view modern Israel as Falwell described it, but I’ve been rethinking that and you make some good points. Do you know of any books or resources available that go into this topic more? Answer: I’m glad you found…
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