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One Tip for Getting Your Children to Pay Attention in Church

By J. V. Fesko / March 14, 2023

Have you ever asked your children, “Do you remember anything from the sermon?” Here is one tip to help plant the preached word of God deeply in your child’s heart.

Church Membership — Like a Marriage

By J. V. Fesko / June 13, 2022

Christians can start looking for the door with a consumer’s mentality when a local church doesn’t meet their expectations. Their membership is all about receiving benefits and service. Here’s why our attitude towards church membership should be closer to what we find in a marriage relationship.

How Unity in the Church Happens

By Le Ann Trees / June 8, 2022

The Bible says that Christians are to “be united in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10-13) and “love one another” (John 13:34). Yet, why is there so much division in Christ’s church?

Why Nothing Will Stop Jesus from Building His Church

By Campbell Markham / October 29, 2021

Jesus is building his church at exactly the rate he wants it to be built—not one person faster or slower. Hell has not slowed the construction by even a second. Here’s why there’s no need to fear for the future of Jesus’ church.

A Northwest Church Search

By Simona Gorton / March 13, 2019

How do Christians decide which church to attend? As we walked through the doors of new churches, struck up conversations, and sat under preaching, we wrestled with the reality that no church is perfect. What should we even be looking for?

A Message to Millennials about the Church

By R. Scott Clark / April 22, 2018

To quote Billy Joel, Millennials “didn’t start the fire,” as it were, but they have added to it. Millennial suspicion of the visible church is a part of the pattern of suspicion of existing institutions generally. Why should Millennials (and everyone else) value the visible church?

Jesus Continues to Build His Church—Even in Oppressive North Korea

By BCL / October 25, 2017

A significant Christian population exists in North Korea despite the ever-present fear of reprisals believers face under the dictatorial regime of the DPRK, according to both a recent defector and the recently released U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.