This week's sermon comes from Steve Wolfgang.

This week's lesson is presented by Ron Daly of Hammond church of Christ in Hammond, Indiana

By Chris Bates I’ll have to admit…Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s a great time of sharing in the joy and love of family and there’s very little “commercialization” to consume one’s attention. Americans typically use this day to enjoy being with relatives that perhaps they otherwise do not see as much as they would like, and to enjoy the favorite American “thanksgiving pastime” of football. Too, thoughts reflect on the freedoms that we enjoy as Americans and the difficult roads that those before us traveled so that we might enjoy what has come to be known as “the great experiment in self-government.” But for the Christian this “reflection” is on a much more serious level. His “thanks” centers around spiritual things more so than the physical joys of this life. To be sure, among men there should be no more thankful person on earth than the Christian. In this article we consider some things for which the Christian should be thankful, not only on t

Introduction In 1 Peter 4:16 the apostle writes, “Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.” Very few people would understand this verse; even those of the denominational world would be confused as to glorifying God if they suffer. Our world today tells us that if someone ridicules us or persecutes us, we should be offended and take the matter to a supervisor, teacher, or parent. On social media it can seem devastating to suddenly be ‘Unfriended’ on Facebook, but if your stance for the truth is what caused it, you shouldn’t feel ashamed. The Transgender Doll A few years ago, a company was introducing a transgender doll based on a real person. It was a young boy who became a girl and the doll was to praise the child’s decision to live their life they way they wanted to. I posted the article on my personal page and stated that Transgenderism was an abomination before God. Shortly after that, I was ‘u