Visits: 26[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles page.] It is obvious that many—some who have been in the church for decades—are merely playing at the job of being Christians. One tell-tale sign is their sloppy attendance habits—or none at…
Visits: 24[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Ever since the church began, some who obeyed the Gospel, thus being added by the Lord to the church, have failed to remain faithful. I am sure that there are…
Visits: 23[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Are Gospel meeting series still worth the time, money, and effort they require? Many point to the decline in attendance, when compared with such efforts prior to the 1960s, and…
Visits: 18[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] I made my first attempt at preaching in 1954. It has given me a backlog of experience from which some reliable observations may be drawn. I have observed that there…
Visits: 21[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] Once I was visiting with a member of the church who had been unable to attend worship for a while because of illness. He had been away so long that…
Visits: 27[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] There is more to being faithful to God than “church attendance.” However, does faithfulness require it (to please God, to grow spiritually, to be saved)? I am not asking if…
Visits: 15[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 page.] When Jesus reminded the apostles of His own service to others, He used it as an example of how they should serve (Mat. 20:27). He taught them that true greatness…
Visits: 35[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] In the spring of year when many people just naturally feel like tilling soil, planting things, and growing things. The weather has turned warmer, the sun seems to shine more,…
Visits: 20 [Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The God we worship in our assemblies is not a God of confusion, but One who wants everything done decently and in order (1 Cor. 14:33; 40). Perhaps with a…
Visits: 14[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The bulletin of another congregation announced that two members of the church had responded to the invitation on a Sunday morning. They publicly repented of forsaking the assembly of the…
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