Let’s be sure that our church is a church at work. Not just that a certain segment of our church is at work, but that Christ is living and active in all of us.

In each case, when the Lord’s instruction was not heeded, the outcome was not favorable.

It is obvious that it is the second man in our article who pleases God as an elder. In fact, our article might best be entitled, "One Elder Oversees," for our first man does more "overlooking" than "overseeing.”

It is so easy to be carried away, either in fear by the uncertainty of the future, or in ecstasy by the charisma of certain leaders that you can lose yourself.

. If the devil can find Jesus in the wilderness, what makes you think he doesn’t know where you are?

Is it impossible to lose our salvation? No, not if we profane “the blood of the covenant by which [we] were sanctified” (Hebrews 10:29). But a better question for those loved by God is, is it possible for one of His faithful children to be separated from Him?

Every worshiper should seek to refrain from unspoken words that distract others.

I do think the young people are the future of the church, but I am willing to take it a step further: I think young are the present of the church.

 In deciding questions of a spiritual nature, it is always appropriate to ask: “What would Jesus do?”