If we do not give up…

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. Galatians 6:9-10   I remember my...

God of all Comfort

 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by...

Volunteering: How do we understand this?

In Christianity Today, Michelle Van Loon wrote the following article: Church Volunteers: An Oxymoron – Why I’ve stopped using the word ‘volunteer’ to describe those who serve. This article expresses the same dilemma that we find in the church with many things: using...

Receiving a Blessing from God

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore...

Keeping Our Word

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you, 19 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the...