Living Church News

Volume 17, No. 1, January/February 2015

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Loyalty, Unity and Servant Leadership

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends,

The Power of Your Personal Example

Editorial Richard F. Ames

Jesus said: “You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). He said that we should shine as lights in this world so that others “may see [our] good works and glorify [our] Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). God has called us to live …

Living the Beatitudes

Rod King (1949-2019)

We should all be familiar with what is often called Jesus Christ’s “Sermon on the Mount.” Chapters 5 to 7 of Matthew contain Christ’s first recorded words of instruction to His disciples, and so provide us with an introduction to His way of…

What Is Blessedness?

Peter G. Nathan

Some of the terms we use to describe parts of the Bible do not themselves appear in Scripture, yet they identify a part that we immediately recognize. One such example is the “Beatitudes.”

Personality and Womanhood

Woman to Woman Faye League

One of the blessings which we have as women is the ability to express ourselves through each one’s personality.  This is a valuable tool of communication if used properly.  How we as Christian women come across to others is of the…

Festival 2014: Fulfilling the Mission of God's Church

More than 10,250 of God’s people gathered at 53 sites in 32 nations around the world in October 2014 to celebrate God’s Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day. From the evening of Wednesday, October 8 through sunset on Thursday, October 17,…

Patience... Mercy... Longsuffering... Forgiveness

Commentary Jonathan McNair

These are hard words. They are easy to say, and easy to ask for, but much harder to give—at least sometimes. I am convinced that, much of the time, I am just about the most easy-going person in the world. At least, I feel like the most easy-going…