A vision of the perfect church is likely as varied as the people who occupy it. That’s the way it should be! The Lord made each of us unique, so we should expect each to have a unique perspective on what the perfect church looks like. Since many believe unity is a primary factor for the perfect...

This week we will look at a very radical view of the church. First, there is merit and benefit to any who gather in any form of church out of the desire to know and please Him. One might even get more “martyr points” for joining a dry, seemingly lifeless congregation. However, the model of New...

The ideal church to us may be far different from the ideal church to the Lord as His temple. Idealism can be the worst enemy of revelation. Revelation comes from God; idealism comes from men. The greatest ideals of men fall short of what God does and can even hinder His work. We must pursue His...

Last week we began to address how we might evaluate church bodies for their spiritual conditions. This is necessary to mature as we should. However, we must do this with the Holy Spirit and not with a critical, judgmental attitude, which can be more destructive than constructive. Keep in mind we...

Last week we addressed the importance of spiritual evaluations. Like taking an annual physical to evaluate whether our bodies are healthy or not, we should take spiritual evaluations three times a year, like the people in the Old Testament were required to appear before the Lord three times a year...

As time draws closer to the biblical prophecy that declares the collapse of the kingdoms and empires of men, and the rise of God’s kingdom rule in the age to come, we are here to help prepare for the latter. As we addressed last week, this preparation begins with His kingdom growing within us. One...

In last week’s WFTW I shared about my recent experience of having my worst fear come upon me—a stroke. I also shared how I started to experience the presence of the Lord during this time. I don’t want to imply this trial was not difficult. It was one of the most difficult experiences I have ever...

In this WFTW I will share a personal experience that relates to what many are going through to prepare for these times. A couple years ago, the Lord spoke to me about a major problem I had that was costing me much by causing me to miss the Lord in many ways, such as divine connections and even...

If we considered Jesus’ definition of a disciple, we would likely conclude the percentage of professing Christians today who are true disciples to be less than 10%. As seen in the Gospels, far more people followed Jesus than became His disciples. So, we don’t want to discount those who do not...

We have been looking at the body of Christ in general in light of where we are going. As the great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” We need to have a clear vision of where we are going, but to get there, we must know where we...