THE PARADOX OF PRAYER JACK COTTRELL – 2020 QUESTION: If God can do whatever He chooses, and if He really loves us, why doesn’t He answer all of our prayers? ANSWER: The answer to this question might seem … Continue reading
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THE SINNER’S PRAYER — JACK COTTRELL – 2020 QUESTION: In my evangelistic efforts I occasionally encounter someone who says something like this: “I have already said the sinner’s prayer; thus I am saved and I do not need to … Continue reading
THE PASSOVER LAMB JACK COTTRELL – FEBRUARY 2020 QUESTION: First Corinthians 5:7 refers to Jesus as “Christ our Passover.” What does this mean? ANSWER: To answer this we have to go back quite a way into Old Testament … Continue reading
QUESTION: In our Bible study we are examining Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In chapter 2, verse 7, the text we are using (the NASB) translates it as saying that Jesus “emptied Himself.” Our preacher says that this means … Continue reading
IS BAPTISM A WORK? By Jack Cottrell, 9/13/2019 QUESTION: Why do so many followers of Jesus Christ deny the clear teaching of Scripture, that Christian baptism is the time when God bestows salvation upon sinners? ANSWER: [I have … Continue reading
THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, GREENDALE, INDIANA Jack Cottrell – August 11, 2019 Isaiah 61:10 – “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with … Continue reading
HOW CAN JESUS BE AMAZED? JACK COTTRELL, APRIL 2019 QUESTION: My King James Version says in Mark 14:33 that when Jesus entered the Garden of Gethsemane the night before His death, He “began to be sore amazed.” My 1901 … Continue reading
“FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS” A COMMUNION MEDITATION By Jack Cottrell “While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body.’ And … Continue reading
THE LORD’S SUPPER AS A COVENANT MEAL A COMMUNION MEDITATION By Jack Cottrell Matthew 26:27-28 – “And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you; for this … Continue reading
“THIS IS MY BODY . . . THIS IS MY BLOOD” A COMMUNION MEDITATION By Jack Cottrell In the upper room, when establishing the Lord’s Supper, Jesus passed the bread to His apostles with these words: “Take, eat, this is … Continue reading