If you have taken a breath during this past couple of weeks, then I am sure you have heard all that has happened in regard to the events of the Super Bowl halftime show. I have not personally watched the halftime show. However, knowing what the two entertainers are known for and what I have heard, this show was not suitable for anybody to watch. Yet, I have seen and heard many, even those who claim to be Christians, say things like, “oh, it wasn’t so bad, I personally enjoyed it.” Someone else said, “the summer olympics are coming, are…
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How can we ever know that God exist? We can’t see, hear, touch or taste Him. We can’t weigh Him, like we would a five-pound bag of potatoes or put Him under an electron microscope to see what He’s made of at an atomic level. So how can we know that He does exist?
We freely admit that belief in God is not the result of literally seeing God’s Spirit or touching His actual essence. What we have at our fingertips, however, is a mountain of irrefutable, indirect, credible evidence that testifies on God’s behalf.
First, consider the fact that matter…
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AM Sermon
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Are you happy with your life? Think about that question again. Are you happy with your life? If you said no, let me ask you this. What would make you happy? Most, if asked this question, would give answers like, more money, better health, better education, more friends or being more popular. However, if we turn and ask the people that have more money, better health, better education, and that are more popular, they might respond this way, “I am still not happy.” Has it ever occurred to you, that maybe there is something that would make us happy? Something…
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CLOSED.
You woke up this morning to a new normal. Schools closed. Restaurant dining rooms closed. Public events closed. Life as we know it: CLOSED.
Yesterday, the CDC announced recommendations of no gatherings of more than 50. That affects everything (weddings, funerals, church assemblies) and everyone. It will have a huge economic impact -on all of us.
Health care professionals know the crisis is real and worse than most of us think. The older population is especially at high risk and the risk is real. In countries like Italy, citizens are confined to home by…
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Winston Churchill, British prime minister during the Second World War, was serving in his second term when he celebrated his 80th birthday. Graham Sutherland was contracted to do a portrait to honor the famous statesman, and the painting was unveiled in a public ceremony. Churchill detested the portrait, and it was never hung in the Parliament building as originally intended. After he died, his widow destroyed the painting out of respect for her husband, an act that the artist considered to be vandalism.
It is not difficult to imagine the pride or even vanity of a man whose name appears on…
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Update on Services
03/27/2020
The elders of the StoneRidge church of Christ are continuing to monitor the coronavirus COVID-19 situation closely. It has been decided the wisest course of action is to cancel services at the building and continue live streaming services at least through 4/12/2020.
Our initial efforts at live streaming the service were successful and well received. The service was uplifting and the lesson both timely and beneficial. We appreciate those…
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Don't Chase the Snake
Terribly painful, shocking misfortune happens to us all. Sometimes others wrong us (Mt. 5:44). Sometimes we suffer for our faith (II Tim.3:12). Sometimes we suffer the consequences (I Pt. 4:15). Sometimes it is time and chance (Ecc. 9:11). No matter the reason, we are always left with the same choice – what do…
