1 Corinthians 14:26 Niv

“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” —Matthew 18:20When our children were young, we belonged to vibrant, tight-knit church communities. Friends from church surrounded us during each milestone in our young family’s life, and at the time, we didn’t realize how precious that...…

Holy People By Tanja Who do you choose to spend your time with, and what people have impacted your life? We need to be connected with other believers. We need encouragement and the testimony of our fellow believer. The Psalmists in Psalms 16 is recommending for the believer in spending...…

What did early churches do when they gathered? The New Testament provides almost no direct description of the elements of their meetings. Why? The Old Testament gives all the details of the taberna……

By Elizabeth Prata Illustration courtesy of The Graphics Fairy A reader kindly asked me a question from something she heard on my podcast. I appreciated the thoughtfulness which which she had asked……

Subscribe to Save the World Blog by Email Read more articles at www.christonline.info/ What are the various gifts? Paul lists some in 1 Corinthians 12:28-30: Church leadership positions such as apo……

Let’s discuss church attendance today. I specifically want to know why some people choose not to attend church. I want to hear about your experiences, but I also want to hear your opinions. One of my passions is the local church. I grew up in church and there’s never been a time in my life when I didn’t want to go to church. Recently I was interviewed for a local online newspaper about the launching of our second campus. (You can read the article HERE.) In the article I stated a statistic that 86% of people in our county do not go to church. That’s what the latest numbers I’m hearing indicate. I didn’t make the number up, but I didn’t do the research either. Regardless of the accuracy of the number, no one who believes in church doubts that it is higher than we would like it to be. So, today, I’m wonder why people don’t go to church.…

All of us would like to see more souls come to Christ in the regular meetings of our local church. There is not a pastor that would not rejoice to see sinners consistently responding to the gospel. Some believe that those days are past. Others believe that the church must become more appealing to unbelievers in order to attract them to the meetings. Both are wrong.…

Christians should fight to protect the God-given rights every human on earth has to life, equal treatment under the law, free speech, and the ability to worship God freely and without fear (Exodus ……

What is a church? How might we answer that question? Where should we start? We could start with the word itself. In the New Testament, the word “church” is translated from the Greek word ekklēsia. An old idea that still gets passed around today is that ekklēsia means “called out ones,” given that ek means…

Christians should fight to protect the God-given rights every human on earth has to life, equal treatment under the law, free speech, and the ability to worship God freely and without fear (Exodus ……