Watchman Archives

Food is for the body and the body for food. The edicts of man restricting the eating of certain foods on certain days is self imposed religion which is futile and vain because it elevates the ideas to be doctrine.

2 Corinthians 1:12; 4:2 The apostle Paul was accused of “commending” himself to the Corinthians at 2 Corinthians 3:1.  Paul answers the accusation in the…

When people accept at face value what Genesis is teaching, they will have no problem accepting and making sense of the rest of the Bible. God’s people need to realize that the word of God is something very special. It is not just the words of men (Proverbs 30:5-6; Isaiah 66:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).

Paul was perhaps the greatest evangelist of all time, but his success is not a secret. He was busy taking advantage of every opportunity to declare the whole counsel of God to everyone, calling upon them to obey the gospel. His care for the souls of men is shown in the fact that he was willing to suffer personally for their salvation. We must do the same.

What Exactly IS the Mission of Christ and His Church? This seems like such an obvious question, yet there is so much confusion about such…

We affirm that the gospel is God’s power to salvation. That to be saved one must believe that gospel, repent of their sins and be…

This is our savior, the son of Man and of God. While you cannot share his deity, you can partake of the divine nature by choosing to abide him as a faithful, trusting child of God.

In 2006 the small group wearing the moniker “Spring Church of Christ” in Spring, Texas hosted their annual “Contending For the Faith Lectureship.” In that year the topic under consideration was “Anti-ism—From God Or Man?” In conjunction with the lectureship series, a lecture book was printed to help further the spread of their intended message. What will follow is a series of articles reviewing portions of that lecture book.

While commissioning his disciples to go and preach His gospel, Jesus said, "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My…

Little Johnny hits his playmate in a dispute over a favorite toy. His momma first says, “Tell Bobby you’re sorry for hitting him.” Then, after…

A lot of people look back at their prom fondly, thinking it was “the best time of their life.” However, for those who continue on in their Christian profession, they often look back at participation in proms with shame and regret.

In early March, 2011, some anonymous former and current students of Harding University published a “zine”, devoted to changing student and administrative attitudes toward homosexuality. …

Whether it is nestled away on paper in a nightstand, lurking somewhere on a computer hard drive, or available to you by clicking on a web page, your porn stash is a filthy, addictive, morally expensive habit. You feel like you have been fortunate so far that no one has found it, but you would be better off if they did. Maybe then you would feel compelled to quit. Instead, you’re just digging deeper.

Everyone seems to agree there is a problem, but is convinced that it only affects those at a distance and is no imminent threat to them. Statistics suggest, however, that the problem might be sitting next to them on the pew, even standing before them at the communion table or pulpit, but is certainly closer than they want to believe. “In this changed social landscape, discussing pom is both risky and urgent–perhaps especially so in the churches” (Pellauer 1987, 651).

In 2 Timothy 4:5, the Apostle Paul exhorted young Timothy, “But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,…

In purposefully enduring the most painful death possible, Jesus proved God’s love for us, gave us a perfect example, defeated Satan, left a means by which all men would be drawn to Him, and exposed the true nature of sin

(2 Corinthians 3:3, “clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God,…