Those who follow Christ are living the greatest adventure we can live on this earth. Those who are following a religion are living perhaps the most boring life possible. If we’re so bored with Christian life that we give it as little of our time and attention as possible, we’re on the wrong path...

Introduction In an era marked by global instability and great domestic challenges, the principles on which the founders based the U.S. Constitution are more vital than ever for us to understand and re-establish as our national foundation. As the United States approaches another election cycle...

Any time believers in our congregation display weakness, we should try to strengthen them in the faith and not reject them. We should keep trying to help them as long as they continue to try. However, when they quit, it is not possible to prop them up. As harsh as it may seem, we cannot expend that...

The church is the Lord’s house, not ours. Therefore, a main goal of anyone seeking to build His house should be to get the design from Him. What would the church look like if it was built with the sole purpose of being the place the Lord wanted to dwell, instead of building what would attract...

While we are waiting for God’s parousia , His presence, to come and unify His people, let us do what we can to prepare the way. We know this is important to our King. How can we not do everything possible to prepare the way for Him by making His way straight, bringing down the mountains and hills,...

Last week, we addressed the transforming effect of being in God’s manifest presence, His parousia . It was the apostles’ inquiry about His parousia that provoked Jesus’ discourse in Matthew 24. We may think that we should just wait for this to come and not worry about working so hard at evangelism...

When Jesus prophesied in Matthew 24 about the signs that would mark the end of this age, He spoke about His presence coming on the earth. That time is unfolding now, and is the most important event of the age yet: the Lord’s presence, which is to be distinguished from His second coming. The word...

I know that I am only speaking to the most serious Christians in these Words for the Week. For this reason, I share with you things I do not feel at liberty to share with a general audience. I know I’m addressing some who will pursue the high calling in Christ that the apostle Paul wrote about in...

As previously covered, two of the Greek words translated “church” in the New Testament are ecclesia and koinonia . Ecclesia is the structure and government of the church, and koinonia is the church bonding together in love. Which is the most important? We are called to be a family first, not an...

We concluded last week’s Word for the Week asking why we might find ten people who will applaud the Ephesians 4 vision for the body of Christ for every one who will actually find their part in the body, get equipped for it, and then function in it. This may be the most important question we can ask...