Four days of Bible lessons - Sept. 16 - 19, 2007

Kenneth Burleson will be presenting Bible based lessons on the following topics:

1. Sunday Sept. 16th
   
   10am Bible class:
   The Power of the Word of God
   
   11am Worship:
   Are We Drifting with the Tide?
   
   6pm Worship:
   Can the Lord Depend on You?

2. Monday Sept. 17th
   
   7pm Bible class:
   The Vine and the Branches

3. Tuesday Sept. 18th
   
   7pm Bible class: Baptism

4. Wednesday Sept. 19th
   
   7pm Bible class: The Home
   

When is the last time you
gathered with good people
to hear the Good News?

Won't you join us one of
these nights if you can?

The Lord's church, here in
Duluth MN, loves God's
Word - the inerrant Truth
of the Holy Bible. Come see
for yourself that true religion
is alive and well today!

Kenneth Burleson: Biography

I am sixty-five years of age. Married to the former Eva Nell Pickinson and we have five children and six grandchildren. Two sons-in-law preachers.

I graduated from the Memphis School of Preaching. I preached two years, 1974 to 1976, at the Hamilton church of Christ in Hamilton, Mississippi. From 1976 until 1990 I preached for the Northside church of Christ in Meridian, Mississippi. I also served as an elder for the congregation. June 1990 to the present I am serving as the preacher for the church of Christ at Milestone and Director of the Northwest Florida School of Biblical Studies, I also serve as one of the elders for the Milestone congregation.

I have preached gospel meetings in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and Indiana. I speak in a number of lectureships each year in different states.

“The Church of Your Choice”
or
The Church of Christ’s Choice?

Chuck Northrop (recent speaker here in Duluth)

            Probably most of us have seen signs which say, “Join the Church of Your Choice .” At first glance, this seems to have some appeal. However, with a little closer examination, its appeal is not quite so vibrant. Why?

            First, because the church does not belong to me but unto Christ. No matter who I might be, the church simply does not belong to me nor any other person. Jesus purchased the church with His own blood (Acts 20:28 ). Though men may shed their blood for the church, men cannot purchase the church with their blood because men are full of sin (Romans 3:23 ). Since Jesus purchased the church, then the church belongs to him. Therefore, men ought to be searching for the church of Christ ’s choice.

            Second, because man did not build the church, but Jesus built the church as He promised (Matthew 16:18 ). Of course we are using the term “church” as the Bible uses it — not with reference to a building but with reference to a group of people. Jesus established His church in the city of Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, fifty days after His death. Various men have built  churches in various other places and at various other times, but those churches obviously would not be the church that Jesus built. Since Jesus built His church, men ought to seek to be members of the church of Christ ’s choice.

            Third, because the church of my choice may not be the church of Christ ’s choice. As a human, there are those things which appeal to me that may not be appealing to Jesus. Because of human weaknesses, I sometimes find myself thinking in only physical and material terms. Because of human weaknesses, I sometimes find myself striving to please self. And because of human weaknesses, I sometimes find myself too lazy to do those things I know I ought to be doing. “The church of your choice” has you as its foundation. However, the church of Christ ’s choice has Christ as its foundation. Rather than striving to please self in the church of your choice, men ought to strive to please Christ in the church of Christ ’s choice.

            Now that we understand we should desire the church of Christ ’s choice, how can we find such a church? The church of Christ ’s choice is revealed within the pages of the holy scriptures, the Bible. She was called by the name of Christ, not some by some man or some doctrine. She has only one head — Christ. Her worship is directed towards the Father “in spirit and in truth.” And God adds those who hear His word (Romans 10:17 ), believes the gospel (Mark 16:15 ,16), repents of their sins (Acts 17:30 ), confesses Christ (Romans 10:9,10), and are baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38 ) to His church (Acts 2:47 ). Does this appeal to you? Then join us on the Lord’s day as we make every effort to be the church of Christ ’s choice.

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