Tips for Making the Most of Your Holidays

20 Dec 2020

Tips for Making the Most of Your Holidays

December 20, 2020

I think probably Christmas and New Year’s are the most anticipated of all the holidays. Not that the others are unimportant, but these provide special opportunities for family time, warm memories, and especially good cheer. Please allow me to offer a few suggestions about making the very most of your […]

13 Dec 2020

Preaching a Funeral

December 13, 2020

Generally speaking, there are two broad types of funerals which I preach: those where I am confident the person was saved, and those where I am not. There are many subtypes within each of these two categories, but let me take a few moments to discuss these principles in a […]

29 Nov 2020

Fellowship

November 29, 2020

The Bible doctrine of fellowship is a fascinating study. Starting with a definition of the word itself, we can understand it by seeing how it is used in God’s word. From the Greek word koinonea, the word “fellowship” literally means joint participation. Let’s fill in that definition by seeing how […]

22 Nov 2020

A Year To Be Thankful For

November 22, 2020

It really hit home when I was recently reading an article by David R. Shannon, President of Freed-Hardeman University, entitled, “It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times.” Using the famous quotation from Charles Dickens from his historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Shannon was describing […]

15 Nov 2020

An Inspired Witness List

November 15, 2020

In criminal cases, government attorneys are often required to provide to the opposing side a list of witnesses whom they intend to call to testify at trial. As a district attorney, I would often use these witness lists in preparation for jury trials, and would usually outline what I expected […]

08 Nov 2020

Order Out of Confusion

November 8, 2020

Christians are people of decency, people of order. We do not enjoy turmoil, or when the lives of people around us are filled with strife and disorder. Christians are people of peace. It is a “peace which passeth all understanding” and is given specially by Jesus Christ, (Phil. 4:7). We […]

01 Nov 2020

Should I Vote in this Election?

November 1, 2020

As we “enjoy” (should I say “endure”) another election season, several have inquired about Bible principles which might provide guidance during this controversial time. Following are some of my thoughts, for what they are worth, with several passages and applications intended to help us conduct ourselves as God would have us. […]

18 Oct 2020

Originalists

October 18, 2020

Originalists by Robert C. Veil, Jr. Back when I was in law school, we were always taught that judges should look to the original meaning of the statute before them. If the case involved a constitutional issue, the particular portion of the Constitution should be read as it was originally […]

11 Oct 2020

The Greatest of These is Love

October 11, 2020

The Greatest of These is Love by Robert C. Veil, Jr. One of the most quoted chapters in all of the Bible is the 13th of First Corinthians, which ends with these inspired words: “But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three: and the greatest of these is love.” Have […]

04 Oct 2020

The Gift of Discerning of Spirits

October 4, 2020

The Gift of Discerning of Spirits by Robert C. Veil, Jr. In his masterful letter to the troubled Corinthian congregation, the apostle Paul dealt with a wide range of problems. One of the most serious of these issues, judging by the amount of space Paul devotes to it, was the […]