Dale Ridge church of Christ » Butch Adams

Motes and Beams

Butch — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:59:48 +0000

Jesus uses the image of a beam hanging out of one brother's eye while trying to remove a speck in another's eye as a humorous impossibility. The Master Teacher sure could get an audience's attention!

Eight Reasons Not to Skip Bible Study

Butch — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:05:00 +0000

It is a rewarding privilege
If we don’t, we cast our vote to stop scheduling it.
Our influence and contributions to the Lord’s work is dependent on attending.
It helps lead the lost to Christ.
Jesus would attend if He were here.
It’s not optional.
It stabilizes our homes.
It part of the example we set.

Your Calling is Calling!

Butch — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:00:16 +0000

I just noticed on the Monster.com job search site that their catch phrase is “Your calling is calling.” It is somewhat of a hobby of mine to find the Biblical principal that a successful enterprise based their business model on (whether they know it or not). As Christians we can leverage our faith in God’s plan by building a life around the examples He has given us in His word.

Take for example Esther, and the opportunity she seized to save her people from destruction by performing a risky action. Her cousin Mordecai had asked her to plead with the …

Pile Your Treasure in Heaven

Butch — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:30:06 +0000

As we read or listen to the news today, it doesn’t take long to become uncomfortable with the condition of the economy and the uncertainty the world is facing. The timeless the words of Jesus from Matthew 6:19-21 are an excellent reminder of where our priorities should be. So many have placed everything they have ever worked for into the hands of men to manage and are now facing the prospect of not being able to retire because they allowed their future to be stolen from them. These people forgot to put their heart into something that cannot be destroyed …

Maintain a Pure Heart

Butch — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:46:05 +0000

Thoughts on maintaining a pure heart and avoiding temptation.

Finding Clean Entertainment

Butch — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:54:11 +0000

A great resource for prescreening movies and television.

A Brand New Bible

Butch — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:14:34 +0000

I received a new Bible for Christmas that I have had my eye on for awhile. It has a great layout with BIG print and a nice system of cross referencing and “read-along” type information at the end of each verse. It also comes with another feature that is inherent in the definition of new – All of the writing and notations that I have collected in my old Bible since I got it for the Christmas of 1983 are gone.

I’m not sure I could have predicted how lost I was moving about it during Sunday’s sermons without the …

Can I Borrow a Screwdriver?

Butch — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:47:35 +0000

I recently made an unscheduled stop by a new client’s office to make sure that the project we were about to wrap up was in good order. Since it was an off-the-cuff stop, I really wasn’t prepared to actually do anything except make it look good that I stopped by. I didn’t have any tools with me; my laptop, thumb drive or even my Leatherman “just in case do it all” knife.

Wouldn’t you know it? There were some things that they needed that would have earned me some billable time, but I wasn’t prepared. This wasn’t even related to …

A Father’s Guidance

Butch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:39:47 +0000

The morning news show was doing its usual reporting of non-news by giving us MORE information about Britney Spears today. It struck me a little different this time because I noticed she actually looked pretty healthy. The question being posed was whether or not she was happy under her father’s management.

What a text book example we have before us in Britney for the need to have discipline in our life. She has all the money and all the influence that she needs to accomplish any number of good deeds yet she has only recently returned from a path of …

Pray For Our Earthly Leadership

Butch — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:29:01 +0000

Did the election not go your way?

Never fear because God did a wonderful thing for us. He gave us the tool of prayer to help manage our government! We are commanded to obey the laws and pray for the government. (Romans 13:1-7) Even though we may have an administration that doesn’t share the same urgency to legislate laws from a moral standpoint, we are blessed with a system of government that will allow those laws to be passed via other avenues. We see in this passage to the Romans that rulers, good or bad are needed for our safety …