Living Church News

Volume 26, No. 4, July/August 2024

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Anxiety over a Future Threat

Personal Gerald E. Weston

Dear Brethren,My Editorial in this edition of the Living Church News is titled, “‘It Is Your Patriotic Duty to Vote.’” I can hear it now from the critics—Weston is leading the Church into politics! I find that thought…

“It Is Your Patriotic Duty to Vote.”

Editorial Gerald E. Weston

United States President Abraham Lincoln stated that “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Although other nations may not use the same words, the idea of government by the people resonates…

The Joy of Your Salvation

Richard F. Ames (1936-2024)

Calling out to his God, King David of Israel movingly pleaded, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit” (Psalm 51:12). But what exactly is salvation? What did David mean when he wrote those words, and…

Overview of the Prophets

Josh Lyons

When was the last time you cracked open the Old Testament book of Nahum? (Maybe newer Bible students are thinking “Nay-whom?”) What about Jeremiah or Ezekiel, or good ol’ Obadiah? If you’ve used the same Bible for a while, do some sections show more…

A Potentially Prophetic Commencement Speech

Wallace G. Smith

When Mr. Harrison Butker, the 28-year-old kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team, spoke at a commencement address this past May, he kicked up quite a controversy. Some saw it as simply another example of the culture war going on in Western…

Young Women and Modesty

Jeanine Smith

We can tell from the Bible that women should not be ashamed of their bodies. When God created Eve, He made her beautiful, and women are designed to want to be that way. The Apostle Peter acknowledges that women indeed want to be beautiful,…

Young Men and Modesty

Mark Sandor

As a history teacher, one of the biggest complaints I ever heard from my students was about the school’s dress code, and these complaints sometimes caused me to think about the relationship between female modesty and male thoughts. Students had been…

A Heart of Stone

Woman to Woman Amber Leonard

There are many different personality types among ladies in the world and in God’s Church, as we can even see from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. God created such variety among His daughters for a reason: to help us grow into more humble,…

Rise Above

Commentary William Williams

I would be surprised to meet someone who has not felt depressed or unhappy at some point in life. How about you? True enough, some are more prone than others to fall prey to these feelings, and if we went through our lives never expecting to have…