Musings

By Sean Dietrich The radio was on. WSM 650 AM. It was a summer night. The crickets were out. The garage door was open. Daddy was changing the oil. He was lying beneath the Ford. I was sitting there, watching him work. Because that’s what kids did before TikTok. The garage was...

By Rick Moore I decided to skip my usual drive on Highway 98 and take Scenic Gulf Drive instead. The speed limit was twenty miles an hour. With the car windows down, slowly cruising along the beautiful shores of the Emerald Coast, I noticed several people parasailing. I longed to...

By Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ Thus says the Lord of Hosts: “Return to Me,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts (Zechariah 1:3). Did you notice in the verse above that God uses the expression “Lord of hosts” three...

By Sean Dietrich Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, and summer was in full bloom in America. The nation experienced mostly beautiful weather.   The Midwest had highs in the 80s, The Southeast experienced temps even higher. Temperatures in the Florida panhandle exceeded approximately 173 degrees. But it’s important to remember...

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (Acts 2:1)  The day of Pentecost originated with the Jews in the Old Testament. It was also called the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. The holiday normally fell in...

By Sean Dietrich “What is Easter?” the boy asked his grandfather.  The old man and boy sat on the front porch. That’s where people used to sit in the olden days. They used to build porches on the fronts of houses so you could wave at your neighbors. Now they build...

By Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father save me from this hour? But for this purpose I came to this hour” John 12:27 The scene of Jesus kneeling in prayer in the garden has stimulated the imagination of the great painters. We...

By Sean Dietrich “I started choking,” said Jennifer Yakubesan. It was a typical evening, some years ago. The family was eating supper before church, somewhere in the wilds of Michigan. It was spaghetti. The flagship food of happy families. “I looked at my husband and my son, and I started to make...

By Dr.Kerry Knight, minister Emerald Beach Church of Christ  “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples That He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things From the elders and chief priests and scribes, and Be killed, and be raised the third day” (Matthew 16:21). Jesus felt and expressed many emotions...

By Dr. Kerry Knight, Emerald Beach Church of Christ “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable (or spiritual) service.” - (Romans 12:1) Did you know that we serve God by worshipping Him? These...