Living Church News

Volume 26, No. 4, July/August 2024

The Joy of Your Salvation

Richard F. Ames

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…

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…