Living Church News

Volume 18, No. 1, January/February 2016

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Pray for Our Financial Growth!

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends,

Will You Suffer for Jesus Christ?

Editorial Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Brethren, with the entire panorama of prophetic events surging ahead more than ever, I deeply feel that I should once again give you “proper warning” about what to expect in the years ahead. We often emphasize the blessings and…

The Revealing

Gary F. Ehman

Several decades ago, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong wrote a booklet entitled A World Held Captive. In this remarkable booklet, he showed clearly that human beings, for the most part, are completely ignorant of who and what they are and what…

In God's Image

Wallace G. Smith

Of the many beautiful biblical doctrines taught by God’s Church, some are mistakenly thought to hold little practical value and to be more “academic,” or of only theoretical concern. However, this is far from the case! Every truth…

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn...

Peter G. Nathan

We have just celebrated the Fall Festivals—a time of great rejoicing and excitement, no matter how far one had to travel. Being able to spend the time in the company of God’s people—His family—is an uplifting experience. The Feast was intended…

Godly Women

Woman to Woman Elizabeth Stafford

My daughter Margie and I were speaking one day about several special ladies who are outstanding examples for us. Margie turned to me and said, “Mom, they are really women of God.” I have often thought, since our conversation, that to become a…

Festival 2015: A Year to Remember

The Feast of Tabernacles 2015 came as the exciting highlight of another year that God’s people spent shining their lights by living His way in a troubled world. More than 10,500 brethren in 31 countries and 52 Feast sites around the world came…

Cities of Tomorrow

Commentary Ryan Dawson

Thirty-three years ago, Walt Disney tried to create a place where people could see the future with their own eyes. The EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) Center was meant to be a window into mankind’s fantastical future. Yet his…