Joe Terrell

Judging Not by Sight but by Faith

October 6, 2025 2 min read

While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal 2 Corinthians 4 18 How litt

These Things Will Reveal Our Hearts to Us

June 28, 2022 2 min read

Since it is written in our hearts that It is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgment we have a natural aversion to death and a great fear of what comes afterward If we have heard th

The Most Ridiculous Pride of All

March 26, 2022 4 min read

Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief 1 Timothy 1 13 Years ago my pastor often spoke this thought I can und

At Such a Time as This

September 13, 2021 1 min read

As the years roll by I become more accutely aware of how little time there is to serve our Lord in this life Shortly that time will be past for you as well as me Will we have spent ourselves for the S

Will You Remain Silent?

September 13, 2021 2 min read

For if you remain silent at this time relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place but you and your father's family will perish And who knows but tht you have come to royal positi

Another Gospel

September 8, 2021 2 min read

From time to time there arises a debate on what constitutes another gospel We all know that there are differences among true and honest believers over various doctrines When do these differences cross

To Live What We Say We Believe!

September 7, 2021 1 min read

There are two ways by which a believer may testify to the grace of God the testifying of the gospel by which he is saved his life lived in conformity with the gospel he claims to believe A life that i

Faith and Repentance

August 9, 2021 1 min read

Faith is necessary for salvation But we do not look to our faith to save us rather in faith we look to Christ Repentance is necessary for salvation But we do not look to our repentance to save us rath

Tears

July 28, 2021 2 min read

The law calls unclean every issue from the body that is every issue but one tears It seems to be the only thing that we humans produce that is not repulsive to God Tears are precious to Him He is even

How Can We Know?

March 29, 2021 1 min read

How can we know whether we have gone not only from ignorance to knowledge but also from knowledge to submission It is primarily revealed in this we cease from establishing our own righteousness before

Let Us Be Positive

December 28, 2020 2 min read

Brothers let us be very careful that we do not make our religion a matter of what error we don't believe and what abuses we don't practice Satan lays a devious trap in the way of many by making them t

Election Thoughts

November 4, 2020 4 min read

We are about to reach the end of our nation's quadrennial frenzy over who shall occupy the positions of power in our government We have been bombarded with campaign ads decrying the opposition candida

We Are His Workmanship

July 8, 2020 2 min read

for we are His workmanship Ephesians 2 10 What a relief this is for the religious man who has struggled to make something of himself From our youth and through our lives we are told we should make som

Do We Have Confidence in God’s Grace?

June 30, 2020 1 min read

Do we really have confidence in the grace of God If we do we will be satisfied with His grace and His grace alone If we have confidence in His grace we will not try to offer up anything of our own as

Assembling to Worship

May 24, 2020 1 min read

There is nothing that the church does that is more important than assembling to worship Christ To gather in order to honor Christ through praying preaching and hearing the Gospel is such an important

Patience With Those Who Yet Cling to Some Error

April 28, 2020 2 min read

But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ II Peter 3 18 Peter was careful to put growth in grace before growth in knowledge and to identify the Person of the Lord Jesus Chri

We Rejoice for Henry's Sake

June 2, 2019 2 min read

For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain Philippians 1 21 I have had the privilege of knowing many faithful men and women But of all whom I have known none exemplified this principle more than H

He Has Made Him Sin

May 16, 2016 3 min read

For he has made him sin for us who knew no sin hat we might be made the righteousness of God in him 2 Corinthians 5 21 The Lord Jesus being made sin for us must extend beyond the idea of the imputatio