4+3 at 43
Last year, on this day I offered “42 Things I Learned at 42.” This year, I thought about adapting the list to consider the age of 43, but it seems necessary to make a different list for a different year. I have not written much this year because it has been hard to write over…
Why I Love the Church! Guest Post – Dale Jenkins
“Church.” Depending on your vantage point that very word carries a lot of weight. For some it is a word of intense pain, for others, it is pillowy soft. the church disappointed me. The church hurt me. The church came to my side. The church supported me. The church abandoned me. The church saw me…
Why I Love the Church! – Guest Post by Steve Miller
I love the church because: God planned and designed it. The church of Christ was established in Jerusalem on the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ (Isaiah 2:2-3; Acts 2). This church would have a distinctive founder, builder, head, body, mission, plan of salvation, membership, worship, name, doctrine, and work (Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians…
Why I Love the Church! – Guest Post by Mandy Heard
My name is Mandy Heard. I am thirty-eight years old. I have been a member of The Lord’s Church since I was fifteen. However, recently I began to second guess my baptism. Did I do it for me, or for My Lord? Was it because I thought I was earning my salvation by going through…
Why I Love the Church! Guest Post by Roy Knight
I love the Church of Christ because of the beauty and simplicity of the doctrine which comes directly from the Bible. To understand my love for the Church, one would have to understand my conversion. I grew up a staunch Methodist. My mother raised me that way as did her mother. Anything I could do,…
Why I Love the Church! By Jamie Davis (Guest Post)
Christians should never feel that they can overstate the importance of the body of Christ. They should never stop talking about it with fondness and love. Whether we refer to it as “The Church” or “The Kingdom,” this institution which was created by God through His only begotten son Jesus Christ, is one that I…
Guest Post – Why I Love the Church! By Scott McCown
Seven years ago, Chris Gallagher asked me to write a post of What I love about the church. I gave three reasons then. Here are the “edited for content and to fit in the allotted space” reasons I gave then. I love the Church in view of the fact that God loved Her enough to…
Polishing the Pulpit 2017 – A LONG Review
Introduction After attending Polishing the Pulpit for the past three years and a few times before 2015, I felt the need to share a few thoughts on Polishing the Pulpit and offer few suggestions for those looking to attend in the coming years. The Polishing the Pulpit Workshop is an annual event among the churches…
8 Things Not to Say in Front of Your Children
Do you desire to see the church grow? I am sure everyone reading this desires to see the church grow not only in number, but also in our fellowship with each other. However, we might be hindering the potential of future generations by our current speech in front of our children. Through science, we know…
