Maintaining a thankful heart for your local church is not always easy. But the apostle Paul did. His thankfulness for the Corinthian church encourages us to be thankful for our local church, no matter how difficult things get. Paul ministered in Corinth for eighteen months (Acts 18:1-18). During his stay he formed a new ministry relationship with Aquila and Priscilla, a m...

Is church discipline in the Bible? This is a question that I answered Sunday for our church by reading from several New Testament verses. Please read through the verses below and meditate on them. NOT SO FAMOUS VERSES ON CHURCH DISCIPLINE But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and d...

"So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according ot the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law." ~ Ezra 10:3 September was a very busy month for my family. We spent a week in Wyoming and South Dakota, and then Cindi and I spent another four days a...