Smyrna: The Faithful Church – Revelation 2:8-11
Smyrna was not a church most people would look at twice. But it had one very significant thing going for it. They were a faithful church.
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Our Light and Momentary Troubles – 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
We may face many challenges in serving Christ. But our light and momentary troubles are producing an eternal glory for us. So be faithful.
The Importance of Being Faithful Until the End
Repeatedly the Scripture exhorts us to remain faithful to the end. The life of King Asa is a lesson on failing to do that.
Living Faithful to God in the Midst of a Godless World
One of the challenges facing believers today is our relationship with the world around us. How do we live faithfully to God in a pagan world?
Continue in your Faith – Colossians 1:22-23
Once saved, always saved! I grew up hearing this repeated over and over, like a mantra. The problem is that it’s deceiving. Most people I hear using the phrase are referring to salvation as being something that happened at some point in the past, an event that makes ones eternity secure regardless what might happen later. And it gives peace to those who love a believer who has turned from the truth. But no matter how sincere and real a persons commitment to God was in the past, salvation is not a single point in time event. 22 But now …
The Little Church That Could
This past Sunday Sue and I visited with what is arguably the smallest church in the association; and one that many would call the weakest and most insignificant. This is a church that was on the verge of closing a year ago, deep in debt, with only a handful of members, and on the verge of losing their pastor. Many people had written them off, giving them no chance of survival.