Imperfection What is the perfect church? A lot of people really struggle with the idea of the church. You have the “I love Jesus but hate the church crowd” who are under the (mistaken) impression that somehow they can be faithful to Christ without being associated with His Body. Then you have the disgruntled church […]
Religious Boredom Religious boredom is self inflicted. The prophet Malachi lived in the 5th century BC—but his world was much like our own. It was a time when people honored God with their lips while dishonoring Him with their lives. They went through the motions of religion without really meaning it: They said prayers but […]
Prayer – Importance Prayer is important to all of us. The apostle Paul was one of the Lord’s greatest preachers. Because he preached in many countries of the known world. And, he led many people to Christ by the Gospel that he had been commissioned to preach. Paul wrote “For I am not ashamed of the […]
Worship and You One day the famous orator Henry Ward Beecher had to be absent from the Plymouth church where he usually preached. His brother was invited to speak for him. The auditorium was crowded, but when it became evident that the eloquent Henry Ward Beecher was not going to appear, many started to leave […]