Dewayne Spivey

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. (Proverbs 25:11 ESV) What image comes to mind when you think of apples of gold in a setting of silver? Do you envision a masterful centerpiece welcoming all guests to the table of delightful fellowship...

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 NAU) To do justice is to do right toward one another. It is to “do unto others what you would have them to do...

Why not join us as we read the Bible through in 2019? Each day you will read a passage from the Bible which will take you about 15 minutes. By the end of the year you will have read the Bible completely through. You will grow in your knowledge of God’s word and it...

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels. (Mark 12:34) Have you ever been ashamed of God? Paul cautioned Timothy to “not be ashamed...

Are things about as bad as they can get? Do you have news overload? Do you think things are about as bad as they have ever been? Well, no, they are not. We are actually living in pretty good times. So why so much negativity? We need to take another look with a...

Billy R. Smith serves as the Dean of the College of Biblical Studies.  He also serves as a minister for the Henderson Church of Christ in Henderson, Tennessee.  A native of Woodbury, Tennessee, Billy Smith is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman (A.A., 1970), David Lipscomb...

This should be a daily reminder. Perhaps even multiple times per day. I was taking my trash can to the street last night. The darkness had set in. The sun had set in the western-southwestern sky as it makes its way toward the winter solstice. “The winter solstice is...

Jane and some friends recently attended a comedy show at the Alabama Theatre. Since that event, she has started calling me LB.   The initials brought back memories of the names a favorite uncle would call all of us nephews whenever we would visit with him. He...

“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” That is the heart of the message of God, the gospel and the preaching of Jesus and the apostles. So in everything we need to make it a practice to ask, “What would Jesus do? What would Jesus have me to do?” I try to think of that...

How do we talk to those we are trying to persuade? How do we talk to people in general? How do we talk to those with whom we disagree? How do we want others to talk to us? Delivering a message, especially God’s message, should be of primary importance to us. The...

Today we remember September 11, 2001. Called 911 in memory of the date on which it occurred and to honor the heroic first responders who gave so much to help those involved and who continue to pay the price for their heroism. We all remember where we were when we...

I know we have all been told, but how often do we seriously consider the impact of our actions and our words? Do you know that you represent and reflect on everything with which you are associated? A visitor will evaluate and judge our entire congregation by the one...

The Bible truly is the book of life.   It not only shows us the way to eternal life, but God also gives us detailed information as to how we are to live our lives now.   Paul gives some very wise and helpful advice to Timothy.   Do not be hasty in the...

Paul dealt with a serious problem in the Corinthian church almost two thousand years ago. Some were saying there is no resurrection from the dead. In essence Paul responded, if there is no resurrection from the dead, then there is nothing after death and this life is...

Back to school!   Why? To give you the tools to pursue truth. “Reading, writing and arithmetic.” So you can read truth, write truth and properly identify truth in a world where truth is often ignored.   Pursue truth and never let it go. Buy truth, and do not...

I came across some notes I kept from a Reader’s Digest article which appeared in the November 1987 issue. The thoughts are timeless in their application. The thing that makes them timeless is the truthfulness of them. The thing that makes them truthful is the fact...

We awoke last Friday morning to our yard being covered with broken tree limbs and leaves. We also had a small tree fallen in the back yard after the wind had broken it in half. My drive into the office that morning would reveal that we were not the only ones with...

Evidently, this was the word of the day Sunday. I have to admit, I have a fondness for the word. I cannot remember the first time I heard or read the word. But it became an immediate favorite. Synecdoche - “A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the...

Well, I did it again. I’m four days late on my second quarter estimated income tax payment. The payment due June 15 has sneaked up on me more than once. We have now inserted alerts in our calendars to try and keep that from happening again. Some things are so...

Sean Marks did a great job in our VBS adult class last night. He led us through a study of the book of Jonah. What a great lesson this book teaches us on the grace of God and how God deals with us when we are in need of changing. It is a lesson we all need to...