In addition to the qualifications for church overseers like elders and deacons discussed in my previous article, 1 Timothy 5: 3-16 gives instructions concerning widows. “Honor widows who are truly widows…She who is truly a widow, left all alone…If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care ...

Grandma Ruth’s passing was going on two years now.  Michael remembered all the times, good and bad, that he’d had with his grandma.  When he had reached his teenage years, he didn’t think he needed to go to church anymore.  “You’re forcing religion down my throat,” he remembered saying to ...

Are any of you going through a mass amount of suffering at this time? Are you going through issues that seem so overwhelming that you feel as if you can’t breathe from the stress or the angst in your heart and soul?  It happens – and it just so happens ...

Customs and ideas about marriage change over the years.  But God’s Word doesn’t. A recent survey (The Hill)  reported that two in five young adults consider marriage an outdated tradition. Another study from the Institute for Family Studies found that nearly 80% of teens expect to cohabit before marriage.  In ...

Jeremiah 13:17– But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive. 耶利米书 13：17- 你们若不听，我的灵魂必为你们的骄傲在暗处哭泣;我的眼睛要痛哭流涕，流泪流下来，因为耶和华的羊群被掳走了。 What is it that makes a true prophet of God?  ...

1 Kings 17:14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. As God spoke these words to Elijah the Tishbite, so it came to pass. ...

Psalm 145:1 -I will extol thee, my God, O King: and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. The generations continue to this day. One generation to another in the literal sense. The above verse suggests a construction of day unto day and night unto night with an emphasis on continuous praise ...

The church I attend recently installed a new elder. So that brought to mind the biblical qualifications for elders, deacons, and overseers in general. Selecting church leaders must not be taken lightly! They help the pastor in meeting the material, emotional, and spiritual needs of the congregation so he can ...

Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. I’ve a story that took place that I’d like to share. It is ...

Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. The channel billed cuckoo is an ingenious bird. The female cunningly spies another bird’s nest laden with eggs, and whilst that bird is away, ruthlessly tosses the eggs ...