“The West has lost Christ, and that is why it is dying; that is the only reason.”                        Fyodor Dostoevsky – Russian...

One of the ways we can get to know Him better is by studying and meditating on why He came to this earth. He spoke to this often in different ways.

This we believe is the historical precedent of appointing deacons for the two-fold purpose of meeting real needs and to protect elders, pastors, apostles and prophets from getting diverted or distracted from daily seeking God and His will and way.

Unprincipled men or women under the church umbrella are a great danger to the health and vitality of Christ’s church. And one of the best ways to avoid this danger is to strive by His power and grace to be a principled man or woman like our Savior.

Almost 50 years later, looking back on all of that, I still think undistracted time alone with the Living God as early in the morning as possible is still one of the greatest gifts He has given to us.

".... it is a grave mistake to put our hope and trust and security in government and/or military leaders and military might."

" (fathers) when you as a lifestyle submit to and welcome the loving, wise, and perfect disciplining and purifying authority of your Heavenly Father, your disciplining of your sons and daughters will have far more authority and effectiveness."

If there ever was any kind of funeral or memorial for someone who died in the New Testament era, God didn’t feel we needed to know about it.

".....have you ever wondered why the Holy Spirit chose to not even mention the death (much less some kind of funeral or memorial) of so many people mentioned in Scripture who knew and walked with God and served God?"

Mothers – the greatest gift by far you can ever give to your children is the knowledge of Jesus Christ – the one and only Savior and Deliverer and Liberator from the awful shackles of sin