The Lord has chosen out his people and ordained them to bring forth much fruit for God’s glory. The primary fruit we bring forth is loving one another. We were chosen by God to love one another. We are called to love one another the same way that Christ has loved us and God is […]

As we consider the birth of Christ this month, we should meditate on the beautiful prophetic titles taken by Christ – Emanuel, Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.

Elder Paul Blair considers the statements from Jesus Christ about why he came into this world. Christ came into this world to save his people from their sins. He came to fulfill the law, not to destroy. He came to send judgment in the world. He came to bring division and a sword to have […]

The Lord gives us a picture of the church as the house of God. The house of God is built on the chief cornerstone Jesus Christ and the foundation of the scriptures written by the apostles and prophets. The house is built up of lively stones unified together by the Holy Spirit. And then, inside […]

Jesus Christ is the True Vine and his children are his branches. The Lord planted his vineyard to bring forth much fruit for his glory. The only way we can do anything or bring forth any fruit is by abiding in Christ. We abide in Christ by abiding in his word, by abiding in love, […]

Adam’s sin in the garden plunged mankind into a broken relationship with God with no ability to reconcile ourselves back to the Lord. Jesus Christ came to reconcile us back to fellowship with God by his death on the cross. Now, the veil of the temple has been opened up by Christ to where we […]

We consider another picture of regeneration in Eph. 2, the work of God in the soul as a new creation. When Christ comes to inhabit our soul in regeneration, we are remade into a new creature – old things are passed away and behold all things are made new. Our nature as a new spiritual […]

In response to the troubled hearts of the disciples as Jesus was going away, Jesus Christ promised that he would send another Comforter, the Holy Spirit, unto his people. The God of all comfort sends the Holy Comforter unto his people to comfort, encourage, and strengthen our troubled hearts.

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder Ben Cordes reminds us of an overlooked cornerstone of the church – forgiveness. The original disciples thought that God had to give them more faith to be obedient to Jesus’ command to forgive so freely, but instead, we are required to forgive and if we do forgive, at our best, we […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder John Morgan Owens exhorts the church to not live in the supposed good old days and diminish God’s blessings today. We should be thankful for God’s blessings today and expect the Lord will bless the church even more in the future than any blessings we have seen in the past, if […]