By Steven Matthews We live in a time and age where people are skeptical. They’re skeptical about organized religion. They’re skeptical about authority. They’re skeptical about making a commitment to God. Thus, it has led to a membership at-large mentality. I can come and go as I please. I can worship at one place this […]

It has been suggested that gospel meetings have run their course. The primary reason for this conclusion is that gospel meetings are no longer attended as well as they used to be.  Not only is it harder to get non-Christians to attend, but it seems harder to get our own members to attend as they […]

In his short epistle, Jude, probably the brother of our Lord, wrote, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 1:3). […]

We have all been lost while driving, haven’t we?  Sometimes when you are not sure where you are going, it is hard to know just when to stop and turn around.  When I have been on my way to an unknown location, and found myself wondering if I have missed my turn, there is always […]

When someone denies the necessity of baptism, I often point out that it is baptism that puts one into Christ.  Paul wrote: “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27). Since baptism is the final step of God’s plan that puts one into Christ, those who […]

Many forces in the world vie for control over our lives.  The question is, who do we give it to?  As Christians, the answer should be Jesus.  Jesus will never force His will upon us or coerce us into obeying Him; however, He does want us to voluntarily relinquish our will to His will.  He […]

Paul was a man obsessed with doing right and pleasing God.  He aimed to be like Christ, something he seemed to work to achieve every day.  His confidence in death came as a result of succeeding in this endeavor. 2 Timothy 4:6-7 (KJV) 6  For I am now ready to be offered, and the time […]

Jerome Sasanecki  Thank God!  In Luke 17:11-19 Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem when he stopped at a village where he met ten people with the painful and sometimes deadly skin disease known in ancient times as leprosy. Being lepers these ten people knew that others would not want to be near them and […]

The arrangement and organizational structure of local churches are ordained of God.  When writing to the local church at Philippi, Paul addressed all the saints, which included the overseers (elders) and deacons (Philippians 1:1).   The place of elders in a local church is indispensable.  I have been preaching the gospel on a local level for […]

It is always sad to see a local church die.  It does, unfortunately, happen from time to time.  The factors involved may differ.  Sometimes it involves circumstances that are completely out of the hands of the people who make up the local church.  For example, it may be a small church to begin with, without […]