Weekly Perspective

In building and maintaining relationships, face to face time is important. The recent get-together of the Council and Committee was therefore important. Although we have weekly video meetings, time spent together over several days is valuable. Although Mike McKinney was unable to attend any meetings, we were able to visit with him in his home.…

Conference There will not be a regular Perspective this week as the ministers are in transit to Southern California for a conference. The get together was originally scheduled to be held in Dallas but Covid made it difficult for some to travel there so we moved it for the sake of convenience. It was also…

Weekly Perspective – November 26, 2021 We live in a very politically-charged world. That is obviously a very broad statement, so let’s narrow it down a little. The word “political” has many meanings, most of which relate to parties or groups involved in seeking or maintaining civil, governmental power. However, the word has another meaning…

True Citizenship As we focus on thankfulness and the many blessings God has provided, we should not lose the perspective of the rich spiritual blessings which flow from God. It is a good time to reflect on the great truth God has shared with His people. God informs us that our citizenship is not of…

Thankfulness We are less than two weeks from a major national holiday here in the United States – Thanksgiving. This day has a long history and evolution. Today it has settled into a more secular observance with emphasis on “a day to gather with loved ones, celebrate, give thanks for many blessings and, of course,…

Peter addresses an aspect of suffering in his first epistle. “When you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps” (1 Peter 2:20-21). When such suffering happens…

Salvation through Christ does not mean that we will have a life free of trials. Rather, it is a guarantee that we will experience many of them. The Apostle Paul wrote, “And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, strengthening the souls…

Weekly Update The children of Israel were instructed to live in booths during the Feast of Tabernacles as a reminder of how they lived in booths when He brought them up out of Egypt. The Hebrew for “booth” means “thicket” or “temporary covering”. While Israel lived in booths that offered little protection, God was their…

Day of Prayer and Fasting God’s Church has been hit hard in recent weeks with sickness and other assorted trials straight across organizational lines.  Throughout the history of believers in God, fasts have been called in order that the faithful might humble themselves while petitioning God for His miraculous intervention. We believe that now is…

I would like to be able to say that everyone is settling back into their familial routines following the Feast of Tabernacles. However, many are still sick and new positive test results keep being reported. Some are recovering and others are becoming ill. As a number of key players for conducting services are isolating we…

Greetings, After a wonderful Feast of Tabernacles in St. George, UT, I hope everyone has made it home safely. We have not heard otherwise. However, since the Feast ended, a large number of people are displaying Covid symptoms. Some have been tested and found to be positive, so it is likely many of those not…

I would like to add clarity to the situation referred to in the Perspective of August 28 when I referenced satellite sites. Some have assumed we will not have a central site for next year. The context was that in response to many people wanting to be all together, we planned, for the past two…

This week, Greg Epstein, an atheist and humanist, was elected the new president of Harvard University’s organization of chaplains. He was selected by more than 40 chaplains from more than 20 different spiritual traditions. He said, “We don’t look to a god for answers. We are each other’s answers.” In essence, he was saying, “We…