Sound Words
Weekly Bulletin Articles
SOUND WORDS, NOV. 9, 2025
STUBBORN AS A MULE All of us have heard the phrase, “stubborn as a mule.” This term was probably coined by frustrated farmers after they observed how difficult it was to get their donkeys to pull their assigned loads in the field…although a case could be made that the phrase was thought up as an observation made by frustrated spouses about their significant others. (I say that because I know what my wife’s answer to the above question would be!) …
SOUND WORDS, NOV. 2, 2025
IF WE BELIEVED WHAT THEY BELIEVED One of the reference works I usually keep close at hand when studying any part of the New Testament is the paraphrase translation of J.B. Phillips, The New Testament In Modern English. I don’t agree with all of Phillips’ suggested wording, but I often find his efforts helpful in clarifying some particular passage or point. The translation was originally produced in sections, with the first, Letters To Young Churches (Romans through Colossians), being published…
SOUND WORDS, OCT. 19, 2025
FAITH AND EVIDENCE Several years ago, I decided I needed a hobby. I had many interests – basketball, fantasy baseball, and music – but I engaged in all of these pastimes with members of the church where I preached, or with fellow Christians in the area. I needed a hobby that would put me in contact with people from all walks of life. So I looked up the closest chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and over the last 17…
SOUND WORDS, OCT. 12, 2O25
THE LEADERS GOD WANTS God wants leaders. The Hebrews writer indicates this when he wrote, “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you” (Heb 13:17). Here, we see that leaders keep watch over soul. They are accountable for what they do. In today’s cultural context,…
SOUND WORDS, OCT. 5, 2025
DIGNITY IN HUMANITY Dignity in maturity is something we admire when we see it, but it’s not guaranteed with age. I’ve noticed how often older believers will say things they’d never have said when they were younger, and then brush it off with, “Well, I’ve earned the right to speak my mind.” Or my personal favorite: “I’m too old to sugarcoat things anymore.” I guess tact has an expiration date. But somewhere along the way, we confused maturity with a…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 28, 2025
[FIVE] WAYS SATAN ATTACKS [OUR] CHILDREN We don’t need to rehearse with you how Satan is winning the battle with too many young people. You can see it all around you. So exactly how is he winning this battle? There are at least six areas Satan is focused on that parents need to be proactive against: Satan has packaged lethargy and apathy in an appealing way, and as a result many Christian families lack proper knowledge. Many parents do not…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 14, 2025
HOPE FOR ETERNITY Hope is defined by Webster as – (1) a feeling that what is wanted will happen, and (2) to want and expect. When we hope, we are counting on our desires becoming reality. Something hoped for is not yet come to be reality. The apostle Paul wrote, “For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 7, 2025
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15). What does this mean? Psalms 116 is best described as an individual psalm of thanksgiving. He is thanking God for saving his life. The writer had an experience where the “cords of death encompassed me and the terrors of Sheol come upon me” (Psalms 116:3). The LORD “rescued my soul from death” in Psalms 116:8. He thanks God for…