Oldham Lane Church of Christ

Time’s Up!

If you’re not a Christian, then why not? Quit procrastinating. Quit banking on tomorrow. Quit making excuses. Quit thinking that this isn’t urgent. How would it feel to spend eternity away from God, knowing that you could have easily avoided such a fate? Don’t be foolish. Heaven is won or lost right here, right now.

Seeing The Samaritans In Our Lives

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is about seeing. How’s your eyesight? Not just the eyes in your head. What about the eyes of your heart? What is your heart looking at? Jesus doesn’t want us to be the Good Samaritan as much as He wants us to see the Samaritans in our own lives.

Same but Different

Men and women are equal in the kingdom of God, but men and women do not share the same responsibilities. Equality does not mean that there are no distinctions. The issue is not about essence or worth. The issue about our God-given roles.

If You Say So

Throughout the gospels we find people who had an encounter with Jesus. Some walk away encouraged, some walk away discouraged, some walk away angry, some walk away with the ability to walk, and some don’t walk away at all but, instead, choose to follow. No matter the reaction, no one can walk away from an encounter with Jesus without being changed.

Mary’s One Hit Wonder

Behind every song is a story. Many songs reveal what is on the musician’s heart at the time they wrote it. In this lesson, we will see what we can learn about Mary from her song.

How Much For Jesus?

How much is Jesus worth? That is the central theme to the text Chris examines in this lesson. It’s a question that eventually comes back to us—How much is Jesus worth to you?

The Benefit of the Doubt

Do you have strong faith in a weak savior? Faith is only as strong as the object you’re trusting in. God is not fragile; therefore, our faith shouldn’t be either.

Pardon the Interruption

Jesus made a career out of taking interruptions and turning them into opportunities to glorify God. Truthfully, they weren’t interruptions at all. They were His work.

The Golden Years

In this lesson Chris sits down with three godly gentlemen to discuss how our Christian service changes as we get older.

Equip 2019 – Sunday Morning Service

Wissam Al-Aethawi used to hide his faith in order to stay alive. Now he shares his faith in order to help others live.

Equip 2019 – Sunday Morning Class

Wissam Al-Aethawi used to hide his faith in order to stay alive. Now he shares his faith in order to help others live.

Empty Nest

One day the house is filled with joy and laughter and dirty clothes, and arguing and fighting. The next day it’s eerily silent. We can fill that silence with loud wailing and emotional breakdowns; and we might from time to time, at least in the...

The Greatest Showmen

There are 3 kinds of people in this world: Believers, Unbelievers, and Make-Believers. Which one are you? What does an honest assessment reveal? Are you trying to be someone you’re not?

Status Low

In the kingdom of heaven, attitude affects altitude. To be raised up you must be brought low. To reach new heights you must stoop down. To get to higher ground you must descend. The way to exaltation is through an attitude of humility that sees others...

Parenthood

Children are not an achievement, but a blessing. But God didn’t just give parents a huge blessing. He gave instructions for how to care for that blessing as well. If our children came in a case or a box, on the outside of that package would be a stamp...

Divorce

Even the most sincere Christian men and women face issues in their marriages. Some of those marriages fall apart. And, sadly, when they need the church the most is when they find little help. We can teach on the sanctity of marriage without treating...

Clean Hands or Clean Hearts?

We are a tradition-rich people; that’s nothing new and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. However, our traditions are completely worthless if they ignore the greater virtues.

Treasuring What We Cannot Lose

Treasuring What We Cannot Lose--Your life follows your heart. So, “Where your treasure is, there YOU will be also.” You follow your treasure. You sacrifice for it. You cling to it. You fight for it. You can’t live without it. And Jesus says, “Quit...

Adulthood

As an adolescent transitioning into adulthood, there’s a certain question you get asked constantly. “So, what are you going to do?” It’s okay to not have everything figured out right now. Trust in God to guide you. Turn up the volume on your prayer...

The Jesus Tree

Jesus had roots; that’s what Matthew shows us in the very beginning of his gospel. Jesus’ genealogy also shows us that the Messiah was born into this world to save the kind of people found in His own family tree.

Inspecting What We Expect

Being together with our church family should be of utmost importance to us. The more we focus on making our gatherings a place where people feel encouraged, loved, and stirred to do good works, the more people will feel compelled to come.

Holy Spirit

“The Personal Indwelling of the Holy Spirit.” It’s a phrase we hear often, but do we even know what it means? Do we get what this implies? Do we know what a personal indwelling of the Holy Spirit entails? Maybe we should recalibrate our thinking...

Christ

Through The Eyes of Joseph

Fruit of the Spirit

Oldham Lane is actively involved in training young men to preach the gospel. Along with this training comes the opportunity to deliver a lesson during one of our worship services. In this particular recording, two of our Preacher Training Camp...

Father

How we perceive God determines how we relate to God, and how we relate to God determines everything else in our lives.

Sovereignty

Sovereignty means that GOD IS GOD! He sits on the throne of the Universe, directing all things, working all things “after the counsel of His will (Eph. 1:11).” All things—past, present, and future—are under His control. All things are either caused...

Vision

In this edition of Shepherd Talk, Chris sits down with one of our elders, Clay Peterson, to discuss the topic of vision. Watch as Chris and Clay speak about vision as it pertains to the individual Christian as well as the church.

Crucify

Unless we see ourselves as deserving the same verdict that Pilate handed down to Jesus, unless we see ourselves as worthy of hell, we will never truly understand the cross.

Keep It Simple

God’s people should strive to keep it simple. Love God, love His word, love His people, and love the lost. Let us seek to be Christians; not a particular brand of Christian. Just Christians. That’s always enough.

Handle With Prayer

Rather than treating prayer as a routine or a ritual, only involving our lips, let’s connect the heart and have the type of prayer life that is marked by fervency, fighting, striving, and agonizing. Let’s go beyond the surface and the lists and let’s...

Atonement

You and I have a bill to pay. Problem is, we can’t afford to pay it. This debt has nothing to do with money. This isn’t a financial crisis. It’s a moral one. None of us are truly debt-free, at least not in a spiritual sense.

Sit or Fight?

Our Lord needs soldiers. Are you willing to don the armor of God and fight for your soul as well as the souls of others?

Redemption

As a Christian, your entire life is an offering of thanksgiving to the God who rescued you. You were Satan’s slave. Now you are God’s son or daughter.

God Just Wants You to Be Happy

God doesn’t just want you to be happy. He wants you to be holy.

Propitiation

Propitiation is a complex word, yet it’s meaning is rather simple. It’s the satisfaction of justice or the appeasement of anger. It’s the turning away of wrath through the offering of a gift. It’s more than a complicated word. It’s a beautiful...

Everything That Happens Is God’s Will

God never said that life would be fair. He never promised that everything would work out in this life. However, He does promise to never leave us or forsake us. And through Romans 8:28, He promises that no matter what life or the devil throws at us...

Justification

The doctrine of justification is found throughout the New Testament. The idea is simple: To be justified before God means being deemed “not guilty.” You are declared righteous before a holy God. Therefore, a vital question when it comes to the...

Follow Your Heart

Following the heart doesn’t always lead one in the right direction. It typically only leads a person in the direction they wanted to go to begin with. Instead of following your heart. Follow the spiritual compass—God’s word.

Grief

Death is the destiny of all of us. That reality should shape how we live.

Change is Bad

Change is difficult. Change is often a dirty word in the Lord’s church. It’s very hard to come by, even when it’s absolutely necessary. We cannot allow an unhealthy, unreasonable fear to hold us back and keep us from moving forward. A church that is...

Guilt

We must cope with our shame by remembering how God dealt with our guilt. We confront both guilt and shame with the gospel. We cannot allow these twins to have the last word.

Service

In this episode of Shepherd Talk, Chris sits down with Robert Harper to discuss the topic of service.

Shame

The entire Bible is a story about God seeking to recover what has been lost. God wants to buy back the souls who have been sold into slavery; that includes each and every one of us. Though you have a past, you also have a future because Jesus came to...

Suffering

God is not some disinterested, detached, and distant deity. God entered our world of pain and heartache and He suffered. Our hurt became His hurt. Our troubles became His troubles. Our tears became His tears. He knows what it’s like for us. And He has...

Worry

Worry is directly tied to devotion. We worry about the things that we’re most devoted to. We worry about the treasures we have stored up here on earth.

The Judgement Day

Gospel

God Will Never Give You More Than You Can Handle

It’s not that God will never give you more than you can handle. The Biblical truth is that God is there when you feel that your burdens are more than you can handle.

Prophecy

Life is going somewhere. It’s hurdling toward a time in the future when Jesus will return and the earth will be destroyed. We know the ending. We don’t have to wonder. We don’t have to speculate. And we don’t have to be afraid. The entire Bible points...