Finding Contacts For Evangelism – Part 2 Wade Webster In the first part of this study, we noticed some of those that the Bible identifies as contacts - an unbelieving mate (1 Pet. 3:1-2), a friend (John 1:43-46), a neighbor (Eph. 4:25), and a family member (John 1:40-41). In this final part of our study, we will notice many others who fall into this category. People In The Town Where We Live “The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” Then they went out of the city and ca ..read more

Finding Contacts For Evangelism – Part 1 Wade Webster To get Bible studies, we have to have contacts.  Contacts are people that we know who need the gospel.  We all have contacts.  Likely, we have many of them.  After all, no man lives or dies to himself (Rom. 14:7).  Since only a few are on the narrow way that leads to life (Mat. 7:13-14), there are likely many that we know who need our help.  Thankfully, the Bible helps us to identify who some of our contacts may be. An Unbelieving Mate “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do n ..read more

Would You Ever Bring Yourself to Do This to Jesus? David Sproule Paul In Luke 7, Jesus was invited by a Pharisee named Simon to eat in his home.  While Jesus sat at the table, “a woman in the city” entered the scene.  If it were not for this woman, we may not even have the record of this dinner, for the woman and Simon’s response to her are the whole focus. First of all, think about what this woman does when she is in the presence of Jesus.  She would have known that she was not a welcome guest on this occasion, but nothing was going to stop her from getting to Jesus.  She ..read more

Bible Vegetarians Wade Webster Paul Harvey, the great radio personality, once quipped, “Vegetarian is an old Indian word for ‘doesn’t hunt well.’”[i] I like vegetables, but I am no vegetarian.  I like meat – all kinds.  I like beef, pork, chicken, fish, and squirrel.  You didn’t expect the last one, did you?    Did you forget that I grew up in rural Alabama? I’m convinced that there are many Bible vegetarians today.  There is no meat in their diet.  As you know, the Hebrew writer spoke of the meat of the word.  We read, “For when for the time ye oug ..read more

God Is Wade Webster Sometimes, it is good to be reminded of who God is.  It helps us to love Him, fear Him, trust Him, and worship Him.  Gracious - 2 Chronicles 30:9 - For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. Mighty - Job 36:5 - Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. Great - Job 36:26 - Behold, God is ..read more

The Worst Deal Ever Made – Part 2 Wade Webster The worst deal ever made involves the soul.  It involves trading the soul for the world.  Jesus asked, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mt. 16:26). If someone offered you every house, every car, every boat, every plane, every acre, every diamond, every ruby, every sapphire, every pearl, every oil well, every business, and every dollar in the world for your soul, would you take it?  If you accepted the offer, you would live to re ..read more

The Worst Deal Ever Made Wade Webster Through human history, there have been some really bad deals made.  For example, in the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired 828,000 square miles of land for approximately three cents an acre.  While this wasn’t such a bad deal for our country, it was a horrible deal for the French who sold it to us. More recently, the 2007 draft was a disaster for two professional teams.  The Oakland Raiders had the first pick in the NFL draft and the Portland Trailblazers had the first pick in the NBA draft.  Both franchises spent millions to sign th ..read more

Count Your Blessings – Name Them One By One – Part 2 Wade Webster No doubt, you are familiar with the song, Count Your Blessings.  Among other things, the song encourages us to name them one by one.  For sure, naming our blessings helps them to seem more real to us. In this article, we want to name some of the spiritual blessings that we have in Christ (Eph. 1:3). Reconciliation - “That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you ..read more

If I Could Start Again As A Teenager Wade Webster I grew up in a small, rural town in Alabama.  There were woods to hunt, lakes to fish, and plowed fields to search for arrowheads.  There were no cell phones. There was no internet.  Pornography was not just a click away as it is for teens today. I grew up in what is known as the Bible Belt - a belt-like swath across the State of Alabama and the South where religion was especially strong. It could have been called the Bible Belt for other reasons also.  After all, the Bible and the belt were the strongest deterrents to sin a ..read more

Blessed are the Dead - Part 2 Wade Webster “Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them” (Revelation 14:13).  As we examine this beatitude, we will see four things. In the first installment of this study, we noticed the paradox and the place.  In this part of our study, we will notice the period and the promise. The Period - From now on When man sin, death entered the world and began to reign.  Paul wrote, “Therefore, just ..read more