A few years ago, our sign was taken down for a couple of months to be repainted. When I attended the meeting of local pastors during that interval some were surprised to see me. They assumed that the congregation had disbanded. The change at that repainting was from “Church of Christ, Undenominational” to “Storrs Road Church of Christ.” Suppose we had taken it down again and repainted it “Church of God in Storrs” only shortly later to repaint it as “Church of God in Christ in Mansfield Center.” Finally, we just put up the sign, “Assembly of Firstborn Ones.” What, do you suppose would be the reaction at that meeting of area preachers?

As I log into my computer, I delete several “pop-ups.” Dare I suggest an analogy to baptism which keeps popping up in some unexpected places in the NT? I see it in four texts: Acts 2, Gal. 3, Rom. 6 and Col. 2. Dare we delete them?

As Patrick Barber explained on “Easter” Sunday the early church was not into annual celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, etc. That which is traditionally observed on Easter was observed by them each first day of the week and so should we. I have put the word in quotes because Easter does not occur in our English Bibles except in the KJV [mis]translation of Acts 12:4 where king Herod, having killed James resolves to kill imprisoned Peter after pascha. The correct translation is Passover. Nevertheless, we still have annual Easters.

My wife, Sue, and I decided that we wanted a hemlock hedge. We decided to plant it together. She would point to the ground and say, “Dig,” and I would dig. Finally, we had the hedge all planted and sat back to watch it grow. All the plantings grew except one. Our attention focused on the one which did not grow We weren’t concerned about the others as much as we were about the one that didn’t grow.