Just A Thought Article
“Double-Down?” (NFL Coaches, Politicians and Christians) There are many examples of a public figure ‘doubling-down’ today on something they said yesterday. There seems to be just as many examples of politicians who clearly said something yesterday that their office will attempt to ‘correct for the record’ today. Do you and I have any problem with…
New Leaders for “Loft 315” For our Northside members who don’t know, Will and Grace Duncan have recently taken on a leadership role serving our 5th and 6th grade students in the “Loft” class. In the past few months, they have implemented a new curriculum, and started small groups for our 5th and 6th grade…
Who You Marry Matters I read a good blog article that I’d like to share with you. Here’s a brief recap of the main points. The writer and her husband were at a youth group activity and saw two guys and a girl eating together. One of the guys was a geek and the other…
When you meet trials Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. I’ve read those words from James 1 probably hundreds of…
MY MIND IS MADE UP. DON’T CONFUSE ME WITH THE FACTS Know Your Bible “sows the seed” just like Jesus advocated – far and wide onto all kinds of soil. We seek to always “speak the truth in love” and trust some of our teaching takes root in good hearts. And it does. But there’s…
Stinking Thinking Is Not Your Friend How many of you are familiar with the term “Stinking Thinking?” Better yet how many of you have flirted with stinking thinking enough to define the relationship as an outright romance? Stinking thinking can be extremely charming and capable of luring potential victims into all sorts of distorted conclusions.…
Overcoming My Situation We know difficult life situations, either from personal experience or from someone in our acquaintance. These are just some examples: a young man who fell under the influence of drugs and has been incarcerated; a young woman becomes pregnant and now faces an almost impossible road to the promising career. How…
Teen Camp 2023 “Made for More” Ever wonder what happens during Northside Teen Camp? Of course our teens and sponsors have tons of fun, but that isn’t the main goal of the week. Each day our teens are guided by God’s Word and by biblical teaching on timely and challenging topics. They spend time listening,…
Go Take it! There were 10 of them…. Shammua, Shaphat, Igal, Palti, Gaddiel, Gaddi, Ammiel, Sethur, Nahbi, and Geuel. Moses had sent 12 men (1 from each tribe) to go gather some intelligence about the land God was giving them to take. They came back with the report: “We went into the land to which…
FROM A BROTHER Know Your Bible is a teaching ministry. We receive all kinds of questions from folks from all kinds of perspectives. Religious to anti-religious. Sincerely questioning to antagonistically attacking. We try to respond always by “speaking the truth in love” and trust some of our teaching takes root in good hearts. But sometimes…