Living Church News

Volume 4, No. 1, January/February 2002

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Are You an Armstrongite?

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends,

“Testing” Your Conversion

Editorial Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

What is the one key area of Christian life which shows whether a person is deeply converted or not? Sabbath keeping? Showing love? Being zealous for the Work?

The Parable of the Ten Virgins: Vital lessons for our time

Douglas S. Winnail

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus spoke the parable of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1–13). For many, it is a nice little Bible story about lamps, oil and getting ready for a wedding; yet the parable is actually a warning about conditions that…

Why Do You Go to Church?

Commentary Jonathan McNair

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, many churches in the United States have had more visitors than pastors and priests have seen in a long time.

Trials and Tests—Seven Lessons From the Book of Job

John H. Ogwyn (1949-2005)

Where were you when you heard the tragic news on September 11? I was on my way to Abilene, Texas and shortly after leaving home had caught the first inklings of the news on my car radio. As the hours passed during my long trip, I kept the radio in…