Ashville Road Church of Christ

Sunday morning’s sermon fed off of the momentum of our Teacher’s Workshop with a lesson on “Renewing Our Commitment to Bible School.”  Bible study is a Christian imperative, and Bible school is an important aid to following this imperative.  If you aren’t attending Bible classes on a regular basis, why not challenge yourself to start [...]

We had a great number for Friends & Family Day yesterday, a record attendance of 310!  Thanks to everyone who invited friends, prepared food, and made this a wonderful experience.  If you invited a friend, make sure to follow up this week with a phone call to see what your guest thought about the services.  [...]

Last night was our monthly “Questions & Answers” session.  Here’s one I didn’t have time to address during the evening worship hour:
“Please discuss the resurrection of the saints that occurred when Jesus died.”
The resurrection that is mentioned in the question is related in Matthew 27:50-53.  Matthew is the only gospel writer who mentions it, and [...]

Last Sunday morning we discussed “Putting Christ Back in Our Worship.”  One thing that was not addressed is the degree to which the problem implied by the title of this lesson exists.  Is Christ truly absent from worship services in churches around the country?  More to the point, is he absent from your worship?

Yesterday’s lesson on “What Christians Do in an Economic Crisis” was timely, considering the gloomy economic news Americans have been getting over the last several weeks.  It’s going to take awhile for us to recover, so the points I shared yesterday bear repeating.
What do Christians do in the face of financial trouble?

They don’t panic.
They learn [...]

My apologies for being a little late on this week’s Sermon Encore.  Last Sunday morning I delivered a lesson entitled “Reviving Parenthood.”  Here are some statistics related to fathers that I didn’t have time to share in the lesson:
For three decades America has increased her fatherless homes to the point that 23,000,000 children will be [...]

Yesterday morning’s lesson was entitled “Guarding Your Deposit.”  In light of our nation’s recent economic crisis, the theme seemed appropriate.
In 2 Timothy 1, Paul describes the gospel as the Christian’s deposit, saying to Timothy, “Guard the good deposit entrusted to you” (v. 14).  Thinking of the gospel as a “deposit” should sober us to the [...]

The Sermon Encore is a new feature of the Ashville Road Church of Christ web site.  Every Monday, notes on Sunday’s sermons will be posted to promote further study.  Sermons typically have a short lifespan–they die on the Monday following the Sunday they were preached.  The Sermon Encore is a work that is intended make [...]