Pure Church

"I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers day and night....

I have a ritual when visiting restaurants, especially restaurants I don't know very well. From time to time, I like to have the waiter s...

What do you suppose is the most frequent criticism lodged against the local church and Christians? The church is not doing enough to address...

You ever heard the phrase "the zeal of a new convert"? It's used to describe someone who is fervent and boiling over with enth...

The church is a family. It is a group of brothers and sisters in Christ, submitted to God the Father by the working of God the Holy Spirit. ...

It's an ol' school O'Jays kinda morning in the Cayman Islands. Well, maybe not in the Cayman Islands, but in my office in the Ca...

I feel compelled to begin this post with a bit of personal disclosure. I hope it's not inappropriate or offensive, most of all to the me...

Have you ever thought of how central an activity teaching is in the New Testament? I know pastors think of the centrality of teaching all th...

"How do you find our hospitality?" That was the first question my young Middle-Eastern friend asked me immediately after our intro...

I don't much like walking through malls. I guess I'm the stereotypical male. I storm through to the one (at the most three) stores t...

Paul continues in his treatement of qualifications for leadership in the Lord's church. He has placed desire in the pole position and fo...

All of the world seems aimed at the pursuit of possession. When we're children we want toys. When we're teenagers we want the cooles...

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your s...

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tendern...