The Benchley church of Christ located just north of Bryan, Texas will be holding a gospel meeting next week.  Garren Stroud, a preacher from Yoakum, Texas will be presenting lessons on Sunday and Monday through Friday at 7:30.  All are welcome!  We hope that you can come and join us for one or more of these lessons.  No collection will be taken up from visitors.  Click the thumbnail below to download the flier as a printable PDF, which contains all the details and a map to the building.  Feel free to make copies and forward this to anyone you can.  We hope to see you there!

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By Daniel Beamon

Benchley, February 27, 2011

• What is the difference between respect and honor?
• Honor = value
• Respect is a manifestation of honor.
• Who should we honor/value?
  • The Father and the Son – John 5:23
  • Elders – I Timothy 5:17
  • Widows who are truly widos – I Timothy 5:3
  • Parents – Ephesians 6:2
  • All people – I Peter 2:17
  • Prefer one another – Romans 12:10
  • Romans 12:3
• Ways to show honor
  • Listen
    • Rehoboam – I Kings 12
    • Galatians 1:8-9
  • Give our time
    • Elisha – I Kings 19; II Kings 2
  • Go out of our way
    • Naomi and Ruth
    • David
• Showing honor in disagreement
  • Husband and wife
  • Teacher and student
  • Brother to brother
  • Honor = value
  • Confidence that we all want to find the truth
    • II Corinthians 8:22

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By David Watson

Benchley, February 27, 2011

• Is dancing sinful?
  • Exodus 15:20; II Samuel 6:6-7,13-14; Psalm 149:3; 150:4
• What would making dancing wrong?
  • I John 2:15
  • Lust of the eyes
    • Matthew 5:27-28; Mark 6:21
    • We must be careful to train our conscience correctly.
  • Lust of the flesh
    • Galatians 5:19-21 – v19: lewdness, sensuality
    • Ephesians 5:5; I Peter 2:11; 4:3
• Arguments for dancing:
  • “There’s no verse that says you can’t dance.”
  • “It’s no worse than what one could find on TV.”
  • “Some dances involve little or no touching between the partners.”
  • “For me, it doesn’t lead to fornication.”
    • Matthew 5:27-28
  • “I can control myself.  I don’t even lust.”
    • Luke 17:1-2
  • “It’s good exercise.”
  • “It’s better than the alternative.  At least at a dance there are chaperones.”
  • “If I don’t go to ______, I’ll miss out on the opportunity to build rapport with my coworkers, discuss business, close a sale, etc.”
  • “It’s a tradition.”
  • “What’s the big deal?  Why do preachers pick on dancing?”

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By David Watson

Benchley, February 27, 2011

• The setting
  • I Kings 16:29-33; 21:25; 18:3-4
• Drought and hiding out
  • I Kings 17:1-9,15-19,23-24 – Drought was a direct attack against the supposed powers of Baal.
• Called a troubler and the misplacement of blame
  • I Kings 18:1-2,17-18
• Mount Carmel and being sincerely wrong
  • I Kings 18:19-40
• Hard times and getting discouraged
  • I Kings 18:41-46; 19:1-21

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By David Watson

Benchley, February 23, 2011

• Mark 1
  • Jesus calls the apostles.
  • The authority of Jesus’ teaching
  • Jesus praying
  • Jesus heals the leper
• Mark 2
  • Jesus heals the paralytic

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, February 20, 2011

• James 5:16
• Sins of a private nature need to be confessed publicly.
• Only sins of a public nature require public confession.
• Matthew 18:15-18
• I John 5:16; 1:9
• When public confession of sin is made, the sin needs to be confessed.

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By David Watson

Benchley, February 20, 2011

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, February 20, 2011

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By David Watson

Benchley, February 16, 2011

• Introduction to the book, the writer, and style of writing in the book.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, February 13, 2011

• I Corinthians 2:12-27 – We all have different roles, but none of us should be spectators!
• I Thessalonians 1:2-3
• The cause of a working church
  • Their work of faith – faith is the foundation of service.
  • There labor of love – love is the motivation of service.
  • Their patience of hope – hope is the inspiration of service.
• The effects of a working church
  • The saints at Thessalonica became followers, then examples…
• Four works that all can do:
  • The work of developing self
    • II Peter 3:18; I Peter 2:2; II Peter 1:5-11
  • The work of helping others grow
    • Philippians 2:4; Ephesians 4:15-16; Hebrews 10:24-25; Philippians 1:22-23
  • The work of teaching the lost
    • John 4:7-42 – If nothing else, we can bring people to hear teaching.
  • The work involving little things – which actually are not so little.
• Romans 6:3-4; I Thessalonians 1:9