Wellington Church of Christ

One of the more difficult concepts to wrap our minds around in the current religious climate we live in is that salvation is free but discipleship costs everything.  Read more…

This week we’ll examine another of the best-known scriptures in the world, by Christians and non-Christians alike, Matthew 7:12

In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you…

Which is actually only part of the whole verse and which is often further simplified into:

Treat others how you want to be treated. Read more…

I think the most quoted verse, or some variation of it anyway, that I have heard quoted over the years is Matthew 7:1,

“Do not judge…” Read more…

I’m not intentionally controversial.  I don’t believe that God has called me to that.  I don’t believe that He’s called anyone to that.  I say this only because I know that what I’m about to write may be controversial or possibly offensive.  I just wanted you to know that it is not my intention to offend, but simply to express what the Bible teaches.  Here it is: Read more…

What do you treasure above all else?  Before you answer, first consider these questions:

• What do I daydream about most?
• What do I spend the most time wishing I was doing? Read more…

Fasting may be the most neglected of the spiritual disciplines, but this was not always the case.  Fasting was a big part of the Jewish culture in the time of Jesus and prior to his time. Read more…

When we see the word temptation, we typically think in negative terms, but the word we see for temptation in the Bible is peirasmos, and it is neither positive nor negative, but neutral. Read more…

What does perfect forgiveness look like?  I think that perfect forgiveness is complete restoration of a relationship to the state it was prior to the offense. Read more…

In every great Bible teaching lies an irreconcilable paradox.  For instance, if I ask you by what means were you saved you might quote Ephesians 1:4 Read more…

Has the request that Jesus instructed his followers to pray of “Your kingdom come” been forgotten?  In other words, do we pray it but not mean it?  Or not believe that it’s possible in this world where it appears Satan reigns? Read more…