“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” The origins of this quote are uncertain, but the idea is applicable to the circumstances we’ve lived through...
During this unprecedented season, social distancing may keep you from interacting with coworkers or strangers. Still, over the last six, seven, eight weeks and counting, you have probably become quite acquainted with your immediate family...
1. There are good reasons for church members to leave a local church: being sent out for gospel purposes (Act 13), joining a church closer to home to be more involved, or joining a church to serve in a particular area of need. 2. Local...
1. From the beginning, God intended for marriage to be between one man and one woman for life (Gen 2:24-25). Jesus affirmed this teaching on marriage and added the following commentary: “So they are no longer two but one flesh. What...
1. Scripture clearly condemns drunkenness (Eph. 5:17-19; Gal. 5:21; I Cor. 6:10; Isa. 5:11; Pro. 23:20-21; Tit. 2:3; Rom. 13:13; Isa. 5:22). 2. Scripture speaks specifically to pastors and deacons that they not be given to wine, which...