Living Church News

Volume 9, No. 2, March/April 2007

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Rekindle Your Zeal!

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends, With an entire cascade of prophetic events coming together, we in theLiving Church of God should have a genuine sense of excitement! For these events are encouraging and inspiring…

Sympathy vs. Compassion

Editorial Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Have you ever had a "suffering hero" complex—a state of self-pity in which you felt everyone was down on you? Chances are, you probably have. Most of us have it at least once in a great while.

What Is Your Calling?

Douglas S. Winnail

The Bible describes people being called by God. But what does that mean? Just what is a calling? Have you been called? How would you know? Why does God call people? Is a calling the same as conversion?

What Are Your Priorities?

Dibar Apartian (1916-2010)

Do you know how to set priorities? When several thingsa need to be done, are you able to decide which ones should come first in order of importance? Suppose you are sitting peacefully in your living room watching the news on television. Suddenly…

What Lessons Did You Learn from the Apostasy?

J. Charles Ogwyn

For most members of God's Church, the 1990s were a very difficult time. The organization that had introduced most of us to the Truth began to teach heresies, and abandoned biblically sound doctrines. When the organization's leaders began to modify…

Four Deadly Playmates

Don Davis

The Apostle Paul gave us a very simple instruction, "Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9). Though his instruction is simple in principle, many of us find it much more complicated in practice. Evil…

The Place to Which We Shall All Come

J. Davy Crockett III

Facing the reality of a funeral "I really hate to think about this," the woman said to me, "but I guess people should consider planning for their final expenses, and the details of what kind of arrangements they want when they die." She was right;…

Is Germany Making a "Right Turn"?

Commentary Wallace G. Smith

During a time when Germany finds itself inching into the global spotlight as the leading nation of the European Union, its population is beginning to experience an interesting shift in its sentiments about who should have power—and how that power…