Category: Historical Articles

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness… For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light…

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm 68:5-6 “If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose…Your attitude should…

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16-17  DEFINITION: BELIEVE 1. To have religious faith: to have a belief in God or in a religion’s gods2. To accept something as true: to accept that something is true or real 3. To be of the opinion that something is right…

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:10-11 God is moving powerfully throughout our family of churches to geographically expand the Kingdom and to multiply disciples all over the world. Romans 10:14-15 teaches us, “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?…

“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants, nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” 1 Corinthians 3:6-7  In the first century, the gospel was proclaimed to all nations through the planting of churches in the most influential of cities. (Colossians 1:6, 23) If we as God’s modern day movement are to evangelize the nations…