Living Church News

Volume 16, No. 4, July/August 2014

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Is Our Lord Delaying His Coming?

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends, At least a few thousand of you older brethren who are reading this letter have had to be patient through the trials and tests of life, of human issues in the Church, and with the realization that Christ…

Prophecy Marches On!

Editorial Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

After describing the key events and prophecy preceding His Second Coming, Jesus instructed: “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke…

Suffering, Endurance and Eternity

Mario Hernández

 Why does God allow trials and suffering in our lives? We know many of our brethren are sick, and still others are going through very difficult times because of other trials. Certainly it can be very difficult to endure trials, suffering and…

The Power of Music

Karl Beyersdorfer

 Why do we have song services in God’s Church every Sabbath? That question may never have occurred to you, but over the years I have heard people wonder about this—and some have even said that the song service was the greatest waste of time…

Is Anything Too Hard for the Eternal?

Donald Roach

 Is God limited? God says, “Open your mouth wide and I will fill it” (Psalm 81:10). How wide do you open your mouth to God? Of course, we must often do our part. But even in doing our part, God can show us what our part is and how to do it.…

Waiting on God

Woman to Woman Elizabeth Stafford

 I hate waiting. Whether I am stuck in traffic, in a long checkout line, or at a doctor or dentist’s office, it is totally frustrating. I am fairly sure I am not alone in this. In fact, I have never met another woman who enjoys…

Walk in the Truth

Commentary Glen Gilchrist (1954–2014)

When it comes to politics, philosophy and religion, truth is usually a commodity in short supply. “Truth” in our modern world often seems to depend on the viewpoint of the speaker and the hearer. A premise you accept as obviously true may seem…