June 1998

What Kind of Church?

What do we know about the Lord's church? How do we know what He expects of us as a local group of His people? How can we know if we are a good church? What are the signs of a church going bad? How do we combat that great enemy of the church, indifference? more...

Bad Churches

What makes a bad church? What can cause God to turn His back on a church? Are there signs that a church is going wrong? more...

Good Churches

Are there certain marks which distinguish good churches? How can we know if we are in a good church? How does God see good churches? more...

Indifferent Churches

In His letters to the seven churches, Jesus has only good to say about the churches in Smyrna and Philadelphia. He has some good and some bad to say to the churches in Ephesus, Pergamum, Thyatira and Sardis. Only in Laodicea does He have nothing good to say about the church. What makes the church there so bad? Indifference. more...

To Him Who Overcomes

As Jesus writes to the seven churches of Asia, He offers each a promise. Good churches. Bad churches. Indifferent churches. All are offered a promise based on the same condition. He says, "To him who overcomes . . ." more...

God Will Save Individuals

We have looked extensively in this issue at churches. Good churches. Bad churches. Indifferent churches. But in truth, when Jesus writes to these churches, He makes it clear that we will not be judged by the church we are in, but on our own, based on individual response to His gospel. Certainly, we should exercise great care in making sure the church we attend is one which is doing its best to please God, but whether it is or not, the essential, undeniable question is, "What is my eternal destiny? more...

The Preacher's Pen

Relief! We speak of it often. In Texas we look for relief from summer time heat. Rolaids made their product a household name by playing off the spelling of relief. A good relief pitcher is a welcome sight to baseball fans. Relief we all need some. more...