Why Are We So Easily Led Astray?

One of the very first Christian meetings I’d ever attended during the 1980’s was with a room full of people literally crying out to the Lord to bring “revival”. “Oh God, PLEASE send your Spirit”, they said. “Lord, if you would...

Diffusing an Atomic Bomb in Church Life

The Christian life is normally a life of peace, love, and unity with God and in relationships in the church. But if you have been a Christian for very long, especially if you have been a part of a close knit group of saints sharing church life together, more than...

One of the Biggest Mistakes in Home Church

Many people who gather in homes for worship and fellowship find that a prescribed formula for church meetings can seem pretentious or false. It is a fact that liturgical worship is hardly biblical. In the New Testament we do find some instructions for church meetings,...

People Come and Go

In the last article, we talked about how having quality in church life can attract some people and also drive some people away. People “come and go” from Christian fellowships all of the time. Some attend for only one visit. Some stay for a few months and then never...

Maintaining Quality in Church Life

As you meet around the Lord in simple ways, quality is the goal, never quantity. In other words, we want good things to be happening in the meetings and within the relationships in the group. The number of people that are gathering together is not near as important as...