Living Church News

Volume 27, No. 4, July/August 2025

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Walk as Children of Light

Personal Gerald E. Weston

Over the last century, there has been a dramatic change in how people dress for various occasions. I still remember my mother telling me that women prior to World War II did not go downtown without dressing up—hat, gloves, dress, and even jewelry.…

By This Shall All Men Know

Editorial Gerald E. Weston

Jesus and His servants had left Judea and were traveling through Samaria on their way back to Galilee. Around noon, in the heat of the day, while His disciples went into the nearby town to buy food, Jesus sat by the well Jacob had dug centuries…

Is Perfectionism God’s Way?

Rod McNair

I was a bit of a perfectionist when I was a ten-year-old. I knew I should have spiritual goals, and I determined, In five years, I want to overcome pride, greed, and selfishness. Needless to say, I did not overcome pride, greed, and…

How Is the Lord Our Shepherd?

John Robinson

When I was a teenager, my father would try to make me memorize something from the Bible every so often. For about a year, every Sabbath, I brushed up on Psalm 23 in case my dad would ask me to recite it. With only six verses, it’s not terribly…

HQ Highlight: The Legal and Risk Management Department

Mr. Tom Turner, who led the Living Church of God’s Legal and Risk Management Department for more than 20 years, wrote in the May-June 1999 issue of the Living Church News that “prudently addressing and managing the organization’s risk…

The 2025 All-Africa Ministerial Conference

Dexter B. Wakefield

Africa is a large and diverse continent, home to many different peoples, cultures, and languages. However, at the recent All-Africa Ministerial Conference, held in Kenya from February 3–5, it was very evident that the leadership representing its…

Helping Our Children Choose Life

Woman to Woman Jeanine Smith

When the Worldwide Church of God fell into apostasy, many of those I had grown up with chose to leave God’s truth. At that time, I was struck by God’s command, “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life” (…

Work Out Your Own Salvation

Commentary J. Davy Crockett III

Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world, is known as an astute businessman and philanthropist. His companies have thrived through the decades, yet he does not micromanage his vast, varied enterprises. It is said that he carefully…