Excellent 12 Part series from GTY Ministries on the local church. Church is Essential What’s So Important About Your Local Church? John MacArthur on the Importance of Church Membership The Local Church and Why It Matters Church Membership in the New Testament Membership Is Fellowship Membership Is Submission Membership Is Identity Membership Is Loyalty I’m … More Grace to You Blog: Church is Essential
Comforting Words to a Persecuted Church Commendation of a Persecuted Church Counsel for a Persecuted Church
The COVID-19 pandemic was challenging for churches around the world precisely because, in so many places, the saints had difficulty gathering and learning to cherish the words of God together. Not gathering affected everyone—the spiritually mature and immature alike. Each one of us needs to see and to hear our fellow saints on a regular … More Why We Need to Gather as a Church
Zechariah 3 CONTEXT: From Dr. John Gills Commentary: INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 3 In this chapter, under the type of Joshua the high priest, is showed the state and condition of the priesthood, and of the church of God, in his times; and in it are various promises concerning the true High Priest, Christ, and of … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/13/21
JAMES 4:6 CONTEXT: Chapter 4 continues where 3 leaves off, reminding the reader that seeking after self, worldly gains, and wisdom will only lead to conflict within the church and their personal lives. Matthew Henry divides it as follows: Here are cautions against corrupt affections, and love of this world, which is enmity to God. … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/12/21
We have all been there and seen them, individuals or churches as a whole who shun ex-inmates or those who do not “conform” to their ideal of the “perfect” Christian. Simply put that is Legalism and has no place in any CHURCH. Basically, they are saying Christ’s atonement was good enough for only those they … More Why The Greatest Gift the Church Can Give Us Is Forgiveness
I’m not sure the proper question is “Do I have to join a church to be a Christian?” Rather, “What is my attitude toward the local church and what does that say about my commitment to Christ?” Source: Must I Join a Church to be a Christian?
The greatest enemy of freedom can be freedom. One of the most important observations that I gleaned from one of Os Guinness’s books is that celebrating the acquisition of liberty and freedom (what we celebrate this weekend is our acquisition of freedom) is typical in the world’s history. But what is really unusual is sustaining freedom… SOURCE: Why … More Why Defend Freedom for Everyone, Everywhere, All the Time?
Here is a 13 part series, first published in June 2018, from John MacArthur’s Grace to You Ministries entitled Keeping the Faith. Note some of the words used in the titles Judge, Discrimination, Humility, Discern are those likely on the hit list of “bad” words for the woke culture of today. Yet the bible says … More Keeping the Faith
1 Peter 2 Christ: The Living Stone “Coming to [Christ] as to a living stone” (1 Pet. 2:4). Jesus is the only source of eternal life and the foundation upon which the church is built. Peter’s description of Christ as “a living stone” is paradoxical because stones aren’t alive. In fact, we sometimes speak of something … More Devotional Thought for Today – 07/03/2021
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