Rejoicing in an Evil Report

August 21, 2020

by Matthew W. Bassford The other day, a Facebook friend of mine posted the following quotation from C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, something she apparently does annually. “Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite…

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Lacking Arrogance

April 7, 2019

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LackingArrogance-1.mp3 by Jeffrey Hamilton Text: Psalms 131   I.         Psalms 131 is one of 15 psalms which are titled “Song of Ascent.”             A.        It is commonly believe that these were pilgrimage songs, sung while the people journeyed up to Jerusalem for the major feasts.             B.        This particular psalm was written by David and expresses the attitude a worshiper…

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