Welcome to the Pippin church of Christ website. We hope you find the resources here uplifting and encouraging in your walk with Christ.
Many people believe that faith, in the biblical sense of the word, is believing something without any evidence to back it up, or even believing something contrary to the evidence. This is just not true. The bible is unique among religious writings in insisting that we test it to see if it is God’s word. In 1 Thessalonians 5:21 we are told, “Test...
by Dennis LoweMany people believe that faith, in the biblical sense of the word, is believing something without any evidence to back it up, or even believing something contrary to the evidence. This is just not true. The bible is unique among religious writings in insisting that we test it to see if it is God’s word. In 1 Thessalonians 5:21 we are told, “Test...
by Dennis LoweEveryone does things from time to time that they feel guilty about. When we feel sorry about something we have done, it is important that our sorrow is the right kind. In 2 Corinthians 7:10 the apostle Paul says, “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” If our...
by Dennis LoweEveryone does things from time to time that they feel guilty about. When we feel sorry about something we have done, it is important that our sorrow is the right kind. In 2 Corinthians 7:10 the apostle Paul says, “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” If our...
by Dennis LoweMost of us are familiar with the “golden rule”. In Luke 6:31 Jesus says, ”And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.” You also find the golden rule in slightly different wording in several places in the New Testament. In Luke 16 in response to the question, “who is my neighbor?” (verse 29), Jesus uses the parable of the...
by Dennis LoweMost of us are familiar with the “golden rule”. In Luke 6:31 Jesus says, ”And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.” You also find the golden rule in slightly different wording in several places in the New Testament. In Luke 16 in response to the question, “who is my neighbor?” (verse 29), Jesus uses the parable of the...
by Dennis LoweChristians are supposed to be different from other people. Not different to draw attention to themselves and not different just to be different. Christians are supposed to be different because they think differently. Christians don’t go to the same places as non-Christians, they don’t dress the same as non-Christians, and they don’t act the same as...
by Dennis LoweChristians are supposed to be different from other people. Not different to draw attention to themselves and not different just to be different. Christians are supposed to be different because they think differently. Christians don’t go to the same places as non-Christians, they don’t dress the same as non-Christians, and they don’t act the same as...
by Dennis LoweIn Matthew 21:18-19 we read, “Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, ‘Let no fruit grow on you ever again.’ Immediately the fig tree withered away.” Fig trees put on fruit before they put on leaves. Finding a fig tree with...
by Dennis LoweIn Matthew 21:18-19 we read, “Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, ‘Let no fruit grow on you ever again.’ Immediately the fig tree withered away.” Fig trees put on fruit before they put on leaves. Finding a fig tree with...
by Dennis Lowe
Welcome to the Pippin church of Christ website. We hope you find the resources here uplifting and encouraging in your walk with Christ.