Oldham Lane Church of Christ

God doesn’t just want you to be happy. He wants you to be holy.

Propitiation is a complex word, yet it’s meaning is rather simple. It’s the satisfaction of justice or the appeasement of anger. It’s the turning away of wrath through the offering of a gift. It’s more than a complicated word. It’s a beautiful...

God never said that life would be fair. He never promised that everything would work out in this life. However, He does promise to never leave us or forsake us. And through Romans 8:28, He promises that no matter what life or the devil throws at us...

The doctrine of justification is found throughout the New Testament. The idea is simple: To be justified before God means being deemed “not guilty.” You are declared righteous before a holy God. Therefore, a vital question when it comes to the...

Following the heart doesn’t always lead one in the right direction. It typically only leads a person in the direction they wanted to go to begin with. Instead of following your heart. Follow the spiritual compass—God’s word.

Death is the destiny of all of us. That reality should shape how we live.

Change is difficult. Change is often a dirty word in the Lord’s church. It’s very hard to come by, even when it’s absolutely necessary. We cannot allow an unhealthy, unreasonable fear to hold us back and keep us from moving forward. A church that is...

We must cope with our shame by remembering how God dealt with our guilt. We confront both guilt and shame with the gospel. We cannot allow these twins to have the last word.

In this episode of Shepherd Talk, Chris sits down with Robert Harper to discuss the topic of service.

The entire Bible is a story about God seeking to recover what has been lost. God wants to buy back the souls who have been sold into slavery; that includes each and every one of us. Though you have a past, you also have a future because Jesus came to...

God is not some disinterested, detached, and distant deity. God entered our world of pain and heartache and He suffered. Our hurt became His hurt. Our troubles became His troubles. Our tears became His tears. He knows what it’s like for us. And He has...

Worry is directly tied to devotion. We worry about the things that we’re most devoted to. We worry about the treasures we have stored up here on earth.

It’s not that God will never give you more than you can handle. The Biblical truth is that God is there when you feel that your burdens are more than you can handle.

Life is going somewhere. It’s hurdling toward a time in the future when Jesus will return and the earth will be destroyed. We know the ending. We don’t have to wonder. We don’t have to speculate. And we don’t have to be afraid. The entire Bible points...

Whether we can help ourselves or not depends on what the problem is. Spiritually speaking, without Christ we are dead in our sins, and that’s a God-sized problem; a problem we cannot solve on our own.

Before anything can change in your life, you must know and confront the truth. You must confront the lies that you believe. Is what you say about your finances true? What about your relationships? What about the things you say to yourself about...

The message of the Bible is not, “Be yourself.” In fact, it’s anything but. The message of the Bible is, “Be something greater.”

How many of you, when you read the Bible, personalize it? Do you make it about you? Of course, the major characters in scripture are God and His Son, but this is a story about you. It’s a story about all Christians everywhere. God made it about us...

The Christian life is not a life of convenience and comfort. You will have hardships. You will face adversity. You will suffer. And no matter how positive your thinking is, some things will not come to fruition. Your health, your wealth, your comfort...

If the Bible comes from man, then we have a right to sit in judgment of it. If it comes from God, then we have no other option but to bow down to it.

Baptism is not a life insurance policy. Baptism is not a security clause. Baptism is about life. In fact, your whole life, as a Christian, is shaped by your baptism, which is why we need to have a proper understanding of precisely what it entails.

All sin is an offense against a holy God. All sin disappoints God. All sin is a personal affront to a holy God. However, not all sins are categorically the same across the board. The Bible teaches that there is a distinction to be made.

Our concept of confession has been limited by and shaped by the Steps of Salvation. To the point that we only think of it in a very limited context. We’ve oversimplified it. When, the truth is, confession is much deeper and richer than we often realize.