Living Church News

Volume 20, No. 4, July/August 2018

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Why You Need to Read This

Personal Gerald E. Weston

Dear Brethren, Some of you are familiar with Country magazine, where they hide an image of a needle somewhere in the pages of each issue for readers to find. Sometimes it is easy to spot, other times not. So…

Have You Bought the Lies?

Editorial Gerald E. Weston

Four major social issues today are abortion, the LGBT movement, legalizing marijuana, and so-called "mercy killing" or euthanasia. In America, we could also add the "right to carry"—that is, to carry guns. You might wonder why we mention these…

The Peace and Reconciliation of Ephesians 2:14

Wyatt Ciesielka

There are real walls, and there are symbolic walls. There are helpful walls, and there are harmful walls. A well-maintained wall surrounding a beautifully manicured garden is valuable and beneficial. Anciently, a strong wall around a town was a…

Young and Single: A Season of Preparation

Scott D. Winnail

The life season of singleness is unique and filled with both challenge and opportunity. Being young and single can be exciting! Singles typically have more free time, energy, money and flexibility than they will have later in life. However, this…

The Challenge of Athens

Wallace G. Smith

The world is not what it once was. For decades, God’s Church has preached the Gospel of His Kingdom to a culture that—to a great degree—at least respected the Bible. That is changing quickly.

To Be Discreet

Glory Talbott

Discretion is one of the attributes we see in Titus 2:5. Older women are “to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” And if older women are admonished to be discreet, we…

The BRiC Weekend

Jacob Hall

Singles from across North America traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, for another successful and inspiring BRiC Weekend! The acronym BRiC—“Building Relationships in Christ”—defines the main goal and focus in organizing and planning for this…

Living University Graduation: Walking On

William Williams

On May 14, Living University held its final assembly and concluded the 2017–2018 academic year with the institution’s largest commencement. The venue was Embassy Suites Ayrsley in southwest Charlotte, with 170 attendees total, including 29 graduates…

A Time of Restoring

Commentary Martin Fannin

Years ago, a friend and I stood on a mountain crest located on the Cumberland Plateau. Before us were broad grassy meadows, created from land that had been strip-mined. Although major damage had been done to the land, reclamation was producing…