A new Gallup survey reports that for the first time in American history, church membership nationwide has dropped below 50 percent.  This past year has been a challenging one for pastors and churches. Although there are multiple factors that have contributed to decreased church attendance and membership, the Covid-19 pandemic has certainly...

GOD MUST HAVE FIRST PLACE IN OUR LIVES Let me make it very clear at the beginning of this article: the Ten Commandments were not given to provide man with righteousness, happiness, holiness, or blessedness (salvation). A righteous standing before God has always been by faith, through the shed blood of...

3 WAYS HUSBANDS AND WIVES CAN INVEST IN THEIR MARRIAGE As the leader of a couple’s class, new Christians will often ask me: “What are the main ingredients to having a happy marriage?” It is a legitimate question, but the truth is—there is no secret that can transform an average...

As the leader of a couple’s class, new Christians will often ask me: “What are the main ingredients to having a happy marriage?” It is a legitimate question, but the truth is—there is no secret that can transform an average marriage into a state of marital bliss. However, if we...

A RIGHT SPIRIT IS ESSENTIAL TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”—Proverbs 25:28 The picture here is intriguing. A city broken down and without walls is open to attack. It is vulnerable to the...

My father was not raised in church. When he was in his early 20’s, someone invited him to a church service. As a result of being invited to church, Jesus changed his life forever. My dad got saved that night, ended up going to a Baptist college and met his...

The tom-toms thumped straight on all night and the darkness shuddered round me like a living, feeling thing. I could not go to sleep, so I lay awake and looked; and I saw, as it seemed, this: That I stood on a grassy sward, and at my feet a precipice...