Hebrews 12:26-29 is a poignant portrayal of what is happening in our own times, including a hope that can keep us stable even in the most troubling times:

And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.”

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The apostle Paul taught that the human body is a type or model of the Lord’s body, the church. Just as the human body is made up of many parts which function differently but fit together to make one body, so is the church. Just as our body is a unity of diversity and not conformity, so is His body. So, why doesn’t the body of Christ  reflect this?

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The river of life is a river, not a lake or a pond. It is always moving, flowing, going somewhere. Such will be the nature of the congregations that are being built by the Lord. Even if a congregation has not seen all the characteristics listed last week, if it is moving forward in its faith and love for God, it will in due time.

The Lord builds His church...

         I am frequently asked this question: How can we find the body of Christ that is being prepared for Him, the church He is building? This is clear in His Word, as we will see. However, such churches are rare today. There may not even be one perfect example of this, but we know there will be. The word of the Lord that He will have a bride without blemish must be fulfilled. Yet if those who will be this are still in their...

The first thing Jesus said about the end of this age was not to be deceived, yet we are now experiencing perhaps the greatest forces of deception the world has ever faced. Still, as we have seen throughout Scripture and history, during the greatest times of darkness, the greatest lights arose. As we see in Isaiah 60:1-5, when darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness the people, the glory of the Lord will appear on His people, and the nations will turn to the light. In other...