The Lord’s church is not some civic organization, some country club, or some ecclesiastical “big business.”  The Lord’s church is the body of His people (Col. 1:18) and has Jesus Christ as its one and only head (Eph. 5:23).  As prescribed in the New Testament, this family of God (1 Tim. 3:15) is to be overseen by and shepherded by a group…

People have always been easy to offend. However, there is a new generation that seems to have made it an artform. They take a benign statement, phrase, act, song or event in history, say it means something that it doesn’t, then shout “OFFENSIVE!” across all their social outlets. It doesn’t end there. Now everyone must be offended by it. If they had…

Suppose it were possible to bring a first-century Christian to the assemblies of the church today. Many physical things obviously would be different, but of greater concern would be those spiritual differences. Think for a moment about how different he might find the preaching today from the kind of preaching he heard in the infant church. The preaching in the first century…

Song leaders are responsible for setting the tone for much of a congregation’s worship.  They select the songs that they believe will help a congregation to worship the Lord most fully, effectively and meaningfully.  A song leader’s primary responsibility is to help worshipers to enter into the presence of God, and to acceptably and heartily praise God. As with all men who…

I really had no clue that I was going to die today. I hadn’t scheduled it or set a reminder. It wasn’t something I had even been thinking about. Yet, here I am, dead. I knew eventually it would happen, but not like this. I had wanted to go peacefully in my sleep at some undetermined but appropriate age—at an age when…

The comments made by those who visit our services are so important. One visitor said, “I’ve been to many churches and they talk about the Bible; at this church you let the Bible talk to you.” Our goal is to simply open the Bible and let the message of this amazing book guide us in every aspect of our lives. There is…

It has become a common argument made in order to defend (or, at the very least, to consent to) a certain behavior.  In fact, even some Christians have been heard to use the expression in a discussion about this conduct.  What is this about? Homosexuality and gay marriage have become so commonplace in our society today that it has become taboo to…

A university professor and scientist in Southern China, He Jianku, announced that a pair of twin girls were born that he had genetically altered. He made them resistant to HIV because the father is HIV positive. He did this by editing their genetic code. Many in the scientific community are concerned about the ethical and legal concerns this raises. Not only for…