Monthly News Roundup (07.29.21)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This is the last episode for the month of July – time for our monthly news roundup. In this episode, we’ll be talking about...
View ArticleWeekly Attendance by Non-Church Members (10.14.21)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This week we’re going to be talking about the number of non-church members who attend church services weekly. This may sound...
View ArticleMonthly News Roundup (02.24.22)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This is the last episode for the month of February – time for our monthly news roundup. In this episode, we’ll be talking about...
View ArticleA New and Living Way
Throughout the book of Hebrews, a comparison is made between the new covenant and the old covenant. In every way, the new covenant in Christ is far superior to the old covenant. Because the new way is...
View ArticleJoy in the Assembly
“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord’” (Psalm 122:1). This is a familiar verse to many of us (and for good reason). In this psalm, David described the attitude that...
View ArticleAnswering Basic Questions (Part 9): What Is Worship?
Many people equate being religious with worship, and for good reason. Worship may not be all that we do in service to God, but it must be a necessary and fundamental part of it. What is worship? Let...
View ArticleAnswering Basic Questions (Part 11): What Is the Work of the Church?
Earlier in this series, we discussed the question: What is the church? A related question, and one that will come up from time to time, is about what local churches are to be doing. If you ask various...
View ArticleChurches Canceling Services for Christmas (12.22.22)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS This week we’re talking about churches canceling services for Christmas. December 25th falls on a Sunday this year. And while most...
View ArticleCold, Empty Churches
Corydon E. Fuller, in Reminiscences of James A. Garfield, described a period in which he (the author) was working with a school in Hambden, Ohio, in 1851. In this “little village” that “enjoyed no...
View ArticleThe Return of COVID (08.31.23)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we’re talking about the return of COVID. There has been a lot of talk lately of a new variant, mask mandates, and lockdowns. We...
View ArticleConducting Our Assemblies Decently and in Order
When it comes to our worship services, we tend to emphasize what we are to do. As we study through the New Testament, we see certain “acts” that were part of the assemblies of the churches in the...
View ArticleHow Much Time Should We Spend on the Lord’s Supper?
In my limited personal experience in every church where I have been a member, the observance of the Lord’s Supper in the assembly has been simple and relatively brief. Even when visiting on a Sunday...
View ArticleThe “Most Important” Part of Worship (08/22/24)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we’re talking about the “most important” part of our worship. If you ask many brethren what that would be, they may answer, “the Lord’s Supper.” I...
View ArticleCan a Church Be “Too Big”? (09/12/24)
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we’re talking about the size of churches and whether or not a church can become “too big.” In a recent video, a “megachurch” pastor charged those who...
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