One afternoon while I was playing a video game, I saw an item that stuck out to me: an in-game guidebook with the description, “A guiding light to those who seek knowledge; a blinding light to those who refuse it.” As Christians, we are called to be the “light of the world,” (Mt. 5:14) but light can hinder sight just as much as it reveals things. We should be seeking to guide, but at times, it will be unavoidable that we blind those who are not interested in coming into the light.

Why does Christ’s light so often blind,…

"NONE OF SELF AND ALL OF THEE"
(by R.J. Evans)

There is a song that has always impressed me every time we sing it.  It starts in the first stanza expressing an attitude of selfishness---"All of self and none of thee."  With each stanza there is improvement; the second stanza speaks of "Some of self and some of Thee."  The third improves even more by talking of "Less of self and more of Thee."  But the forth leads up to the unselfish attitude we should all have toward God by…

How thankful we should be for wonderful examples of courage that spur us on to greater strength in the Lord's service.

Paul was just such an example: "And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear" (Phil. 1:14). These brethren, formerly timid and reticent, were drawing strength from the courage of Paul.

Other examples abound. Stephen's plea, 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge," surely had for its source of strength the forgiving spirit of the Lord (Acts 7:60). The Thessalonian church found…

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Man's greatest problem is sin. It wrecks lives, marriages, homes, relationships, etc. Worst yet, it separates from God. What shall we do with sin? There are 3 possibilities.

LIVE WITHOUT SIN

Can a man go several days without sinning? What about a month? Could he make it one year? Why even discuss it? In all of the history of man, only one man has lived without sin. He is our Savior Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:22). But as for the rest of us, the Bible says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"…

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1 Thessalonians 5: 11 - “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”

    Over the thirteen years since I joined this church family, I’ve come to appreciate more and more how well the people of Southside put this verse into action. Still, if everyone took a moment to list a few fellow members they consider to be especially encouraging, I imagine a handful of names would appear more frequently than the rest.

    What is it that makes some people particularly gifted at encouraging others? Paul expressed it this way in 1 Corinthians 16: 18…

A gentle caress, the whisper in your ear, a feeling - to awaken refreshed… To know that you are ready to face any trouble… To know there is no cost too great for your immediate accounting to be compromised… Is it only physical? Is that what serenity feels like? Is it just our senses that give us the feeling of ease? Or, is it that to many, this is only a “first world blessing” anyway, and unobtainable? Have our lack of challenges and loss of struggle made us lose touch? Because of our blessings, have we become desensitized…