The Woodland church of Christ is seeking a minister for full time work with the brethren there. Thjey are a congregation of approximately 80 located in Sacramento suburb of Woodland. Interested applicants should submit a resume and video or audio sermon tape to:

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A “marriage” between people of the same sex is not only unauthorized by God, it is against nature. A man can never be a good mother or a bad one, he cannot be a mother at all. Adam’s help meet (helper,eht) was not a man but a woman (Gen. 2:22-23). The New Testament supports this view in 1 Corinthians 7:1-39, where the chapter deals with marriage between a man and a woman. There is not a shred of biblical evidence that supports a marriage between people of the same sex. When one searches the Bible from cover to cover no evidence will be found to support this view. Have we forgotten that among the causes that effected the demise of the ancient Roman empire was the decadence of the home? Have we not learned that any civilization that repeats the mistakes of the past is doomed to experience the same fate and reap the same consequences? The home, as God would have it, is the “spine” and “backbone” of modern civilization. If society continues the march away from this truth, it will find itself buried in profound obscurity.

It is high time that God’s people awake out of sleep (Rom. 13:11). It is time for them to rise up and go and stand and speak (Acts 5:20). Sermons and classes without number should be preached and taught in every congregation in defense of the home and family. Every congregation of the Lord's church should be preparing the membership to meet the assaults coming upon the home.

Noah Hackwporth
Visalia, Ca.