Posts Tagged ‘spiritual blindness’
Open My Eyes that I Might See
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 31, 1989 The writer of Hebrews, in Hebrews 5:11-14, tells us that those full of age have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Most of us can understand how young Christians (spiritually young, that is) can be so easily mistaken…
Read MoreWhy does my boyfriend seem blind to our getting married?
Question: Hello, I’ve been dating for over five years. We lived together; we separated a few times and came back together. We started going to church and asked God to give us the blessing to get married, and it was granted. We were at the height of the pandemic and couldn’t get the necessary documents.…
Read MoreI … Have Need of Nothing
by L. A. Stauffer via Biblical Insights, Vol. 14, No. 9, September 2014 Life was great for the Laodiceans. Business was wonderful, prosperity was abounding, and they flourished with riches. They had the best chariots, top-of-the-line clothing, the finest food from the markets, and palatial homes with plenty of acreage. What else could they possibly…
Read MoreThe Way
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Way-1.mp3 Text: Isaiah 35 I. At times I will be studying and a verse sticks in my mind. A. In Isaiah 35 is a prophecy. It is obviously talking about the time when Jesus walked on this earth – Isaiah 35:4-6 B. What struck me was the description of a highway – Isaiah 35:8-9 1. Such an interesting…
Read MoreFear of Truth
by James W. Adams (1914-2013) in Words Fitly Spoken, p. 60 My daughter’s friend expressed great interest in the doctrine of “Premillennialism.” It so happened that I was at that time engaged in a series of studies involving the subject on a television program. My daughter suggested to her friend that she might tune in,…
Read MoreThis Is Amazing!
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/This-Is-Amazing.mp3 by Raymond Warfel
Read MoreBlind to the Truth
by Matthew W. Bassford Upton Sinclair once said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Few better illustrations of this truth exist than the behavior of the craftsmen of Ephesus in Acts 19. They, along with everyone else in the city, are familiar…
Read MoreAnd Just Whose Fault Is It?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AndJustWhoseFaultIsIt.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Romans 9:14-24 I. I received a note that I found disgusting A. A woman complained that her husband wasn’t giving her the affection she deserved, so she kicked her husband out and brought in a boyfriend. 1. That sin doesn’t justify sin apparently doesn’t matter to her – Romans 3:8 B. What…
Read MoreSpiritual Illumination
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/SpiritualIllumination.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Corinthians 3 I. What does it take to understand the Bible? A. I had one woman object to an article stating that the Ten Commandments were not directly in effect because they were a part of the Old Law. 1. She told me to read several verses which stated not…
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