Posts Tagged ‘about this site’
Thank you for that article about lust. It was very helpful
Question: I want to personally thank you for allowing the Lord to use you in writing that on-line article about lust. I’m currently dating a young woman, and I’m fighting my desires. Reading your article was very helpful in showing me what’s really going on behind the scenes. Thank you. Answer: You’re very much welcome. I…
Read MoreDid you borrow the lesson “The Three Chairs” from Bruce Wilkinson’s book?
Question: I saw “The Three Chairs” as copyrighted information on your web site. This information is copyrighted by Bruce Wilkinson for many years now. The Three Chairs book is on Amazon.com, if you are interested. Whoever is posting this information as copyrighted by La Vista Church of Christ is giving the appearance that your church or preacher condones…
Read MoreThank you for the pictures (2)
Question: I was looking for pictures for a class I am teaching for 3 to 5-year-olds and found your site. I just wanted to say thank you. Answer: You’re welcome.
Read MoreYour web site is well constructed and easy to use
Question: Thanks so much for this web site. It is well constructed and easy to use. May God bless your efforts in spreading the truth. Answer: Thank you for your kind words.
Read MoreThank you for posting the pictures from older Bible books
Question: I just wanted to say thank you for posting the pictures from the older Bible books. They are lovely. Answer: It is a pleasure.
Read MoreI must say this is an excellent site
Question: This isn’t a question but a comment. As an ordained minister of the gospel for 18 years and as a student of the word of God for over 27 years, I must say this is an excellent site and you provide good answers to the questions and good information. Thank you. I will continue…
Read MoreAs a non-believer, I found parts of two articles offensive
Question: I stumbled across your site whilst randomly browsing the Internet and I was very interested in it. Now I should first mention that I do not believe in God but was raised a Catholic and have many friends of many different faiths and have always thought that all sides can learn a little from…
Read MoreThank you. I found information for a Bible study on your site.
Question: I really appreciate your home page. I was raised in north Alabama in a small church of Christ and now live in Florida. It is sometimes hard to find a congregation that teaches the Bible as you do on your home page. I still attend a Bible-teaching church of Christ and found your site…
Read MoreThank you for your information on honoring your parents
Question: I was reading Proverbs and came across Proverbs 20:20. I wanted a more definitive explanation of the verse. Thank you, for your detailed information and the resources included in the text. I received so much more! Sometimes, we think this refers only to young children and teenagers. However, reading this text reminds us that God commands us to honor…
Read MoreThank you so much for your site
Question: Hey! I’d like to say thank you so much for your site. It is so easy to understand and explains a lot. You are really helpful and think this is a good source to learn about the Bible. Answer: Thank you for the kind encouragement.
Read MoreI’m using some of your pictures in my Sunday school class
Question: I do appreciate free pictures you hold on your web site, I have printed out some of them to teach. I am a Christian and have served as a teacher of Sunday school for children for 15 years. In Japan, a church’s membership is 30-50 people or less. To keep faith is so difficult…
Read MoreI’ve been going through a crisis and what I’ve read makes sense
Question: I need to take a moment and thank you for such an awesome web site. I have been going through a crisis and want to turn to God and the Bible but find it difficult since I virtually don’t know much at all. Your web site has inspired me. What I am reading makes…
Read MoreI found an answer to a question that had eluded me for 40 years. Thank you
Question: I am a member of the New Testament church. I was looking for ideas for an adult class project when I came across your web site. I kept wandering to the questions and answers page, and in the January 2009 list, I found an answer that has eluded me for 40 years. I feel…
Read MoreYour web site is absolutely spectacular!
Question: I just found your web site! How absolutely spectacular! Thank you so much for this ministry. I have never seen such a wonderful array of graphics! I will be sure to visit often! Answer: I hope you continue to find the content of the web site useful.
Read MoreThank for the refutation on Dan Billingsly’s teachings and the information on the historical accuracy of the Bible
Question: I came across your site twice in two days. Once when I was looking for refutations to the teachings by Dan Billingsly and now when I was looking for information on the historical accuracy of the Bible. Thanks for the help. I also came across a reference to the Mesha Stele in Wikipedia that supports the reference in II…
Read MoreThank you. I found pictures for my preschool class on your site
Question: I have been working on a lesson for 2 to 3-year-olds and needed some pictures. I have been searching for a long time. I found your web site and pictures. I have used a couple of pictures that I think are appropriate for this age. I just wanted to thank you. Answer: You’re welcome.…
Read MoreThank you for the information on the two lineages of Jesus
Question: Thank you. A friend of mine has lost all of his faith and is now picking on the Bible for all of its inconsistencies. He has brought up the two lineages of Jesus as proof, and thanks to your sermon notes, plus a few other sources, I believe I may finally have an answer he…
Read MoreI love your site!
Question: I was browsing information specific to the twelve tribes of Judah. I came upon your site and thoroughly enjoyed reading through it tonight. I have bookmarked your site, and I will study it in the future. I was very interested in reading so many sections, especially on the Rapture. Thank you for clarifying the matter. I…
Read MoreThank you for explaining so clearly why ‘rapture’ is not biblical
Question: Thank you for explaining so clearly why ‘rapture’ is not biblical. Answer: You’re welcome. See the other articles on Premillennialism as well.
Read MoreI really appreciate the way you explain your reasoning
Question: I recently found your web site. I really appreciate the way you explained your reasons for worshiping the way you do. It is quite to the point. I am a member of the church of Christ and agree with your reasons for worshipping in such a way, but reading how you wrote it made it…
Read MoreI think you are awesome representatives for Christ
Question: I am a young Christian and I have recently discovered your site and I just want to say that you guys TOTALLY PWN [gaming slang for “owned” as in victorious or dominating]! I think that you are awesome representatives for Christ and think you do an exemplary job of demonstrating the infallibility and all-knowingness…
Read MoreYour questions answered have helped me tremendously
Question: I just wanted to drop you a line thanking you for your website. Your questions answered have helped me tremendously. I came looking for sermon material (and found it), but while there I was helped out of a particular sin in whose cords I was entangled. You helped me. May God bless you for…
Read MoreThank you for the resources on Catholicism
Question: Greetings. I am writing to thank you for all the wonderful lessons on Catholicism that you have on your site. I have been dating someone who came from a Catholic background, and although he went through the Catholic school system, he is learning that he doesn’t know anything about the Bible or his parents’…
Read MoreWhy should we argue about not getting baptized? We should want to shout it out to the whole world that we’re in Christ!
Question: Hi! Several weeks ago, I was looking at the web site. I surfed it for several hours and eventually got into the topic of baptism. When I grew up, I was in a Christian home. My parents gave me the option of being baptized when I was 4 or 5 and then later when…
Read MoreI learned some life lessons from the lesson ‘Why did Uzzah have to Die?’ Thank you
Question: Hi. I was reading about Uzzah in the Bible the other day and how he had touched the ark and died. I had always wondered why he had to die. I knew that God had to have a reason for it. I found your lesson which talked about the reasons for Uzzah’s death. Now that…
Read MoreI heard your article on clothing mentioned in a Jewish study
Question: I am a member of the Presbyterian Church and regularly attend a Torah teaching study class at a nearby Jewish Synagogue. This Jewish congregation is very open and loving (as well as quite liberal and still far from the Lord) to those of us attending that are Christian and their Saturday morning teaching is…
Read MoreWhy did you leave out pictures from Treasures of the Bible?
Question: Awesome black and white sketches from Treasures of the Bible. Why don’t you have any Adam and Eve in the garden? That omission surprised me, maybe you chose to leave it out? Answer: The reason the Adam and Eve pictures were left out: The picture showing Adam and Eve being driven from the garden has…
Read MoreHow refreshing to see a church more interested in promoting the Bible than social activities
Question: I was searching for VBS materials on-line and typed in “fishers of men” on my search. Your web site came up. How refreshing to see a church of Christ web site that is more interested in promoting Bible truths than social activities! I just wanted to say that I appreciate your messages and am…
Read MoreAren’t many of the questions you receive about spanking fake?
Question: I found your web site while searching for churches for a trip we are taking. I found your question section to be quite impressive–when you do have time to do anything else? I was, however, surprised at the number of questions that you have posted about spanking. I think your answers and support of…
Read MoreGreat sermon on the subject of lying!
Question: Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus. Great sermon on the subject of lying! May the Lord continue to bless you in the knowledge of His word, for the edification of the body of Christ. Answer: Thank you for your kind words.
Read MoreAre you in fellowship with the authors of the articles on your web site?
Question: Is Brian A. Yeager, the author of one of the articles on your web site a sound teacher? I have looked at his web site and it does not seem that he or the congregation he is with agrees with anything. They don’t fellowship with anybody. Does this person fellowship you and the La Vista congregation? Answer:…
Read MoreI am impressed by your teaching on baptism
Question: I am impressed by your teaching on baptism. It has opened up my mind. Praise God for such wonderful teaching. It is great to know you countered every move of Satan who had taken control of that person who asked you the question. As I was from a Catholic background. I also had many questions about…
Read MoreIt’s people like you who make young people fear to turn to God for help
Question: I am 23 years young, Christian married mother of one and I was so upset with the comments you made about these young kids who are having sex. Unless you are God Himself, which I highly doubt, you should not be judging and make them feel foolish about the choices they make. It’s people…
Read MoreI found your articles pertaining to eternal security to be excellent
Question: I read some of your excellent articles pertaining to eternal security on your web site. It is unfortunate that more people do no share your discernment. Even though I was raised with this teaching, I have never been able to make peace with it. Answer: Thank you for your kind words.
Read MoreThank you for the great marriage study information
Question: Brother, I just wanted to thank you for the great marriage study information on the La Vista website. My fiance and I have read through much of it before deciding to get engaged. Answer: Thank you very much for your kind words. It is nice to know that the work is being used profitably. You and…
Read MoreI love web sites like yours that help to clarify the Gospel
Question: Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your site. I am a recovering Catholic and am always looking for more history to plead my case with the rest of my family. I was saved a year ago and am now engaged in a mission to save the rest of my family from the lies…
Read MoreYou have one of the most sensible articles concerning Jephthah’s daughter
Question: You have one of the most sensible articles concerning Jephthah’s daughter. Thank you for sharing it on the web. Answer: You are welcome.
Read MoreYour misuse of Leviticus 10:9 undermines your argument
Question: I don’t drink alcohol, and I’m not trying to justify drinking alcohol, but on your “Drinking in the Old Testament” page, you are misusing Leviticus 10:9 when you claim “The priests were not allowed to drink.” It only says they were not allowed to drink “when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation.”…
Read MoreI enjoyed your article on the Azusa Street revival
Question: I grew up in a Church of Christ. I’m in a foreign country teaching English, and a friend of mine sent me a book about revival. It’s called The Blueprint: A revolutionary plan to plant missional communities on campus. I don’t really like the book so far because of a lot of charismatic gibber jabber.…
Read MoreThank you so much for your article on envy
Question: I just wanted to thank you so much for your article on ‘envy’. I really didn’t realize there was any hope until I read this. Envy has literally swallowed me whole even though I’ve been saved for almost eight years. Your article or lesson really inspired me a lot and I will be looking up…
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