Being members of the body of Christ requires commitments that we are to make to one another so that the church is built up. It is important to see the total commitment Christ has to build his church. He says, "I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."

The Church is a holy place. Christians are called saints, holy ones. So ongoing, unrepentant sin must be dealt with in the church.

As we see the world descend into confusion and depravity, it should cause us to look to and hope for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are baptized in the triune name of God because we are saved by all three Persons of the Trinity working in harmony. This baptism then marks us as belonging to God and not ourselves any longer, and it joins us with all others who are saved by the same God and bear the same name.

The primary mission of a church is to be disciples who make disciples.

The Lord's supper is a precious ordinance given by the Lord Jesus to be observed together as the body of Christ, in his presence as a remembrance and proclamation of his sacrificial death.

Christians and Christian churches are called to fight earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

Gospel-shaped people are generous and cheerful givers.

Near the end of his life, Paul gave his young protege Timothy the urgent charge to "preach the word." God places a high value on biblically faithful preaching. So should we.