Posts with the tag “membership”

God is bountiful in His grace, so we can bountifully sow our resources, expecting a bountiful harvest from Him and a multiplication of our seed. What a joy! Mostly when we read these truths from 2 Cor...  Read More

“To live is Christ and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21) is a great claim to make about our Lord Jesus. He is our all-sufficient portion in this life and the great hope of our soul to see Him face to...  Read More

The believer belongs to two families: his earthly family and the eternal family. Both were created by God, Who was a Father to His Son before Creation. Although believers are justified and righteous t...  Read More

If Jesus is beautiful, so is His Bride. If our Head is our “One Thing,” His Body is closely united. Love flows down from Him, so does His beauty.David, in Psalm 27, longed to gaze at the beauty of the...  Read More

 During a disagreement early in our marriage, I once yelled across the room at my wife, “You need to submit to me!” I had the verses to prove it, but, in my immaturity, I saw it as a law more than gra...  Read More

How futile it would be for a man to salt the icy church parking lot using a small kitchen funnel. As the salt slowly trickled out and eventually clogged, the man would freeze, and the parking lot woul...  Read More