By, Oscar Pimentel, General Overseer of The Church of God. Regarding the secular world, I’ve heard much talk recently that the big concern for businesses around the globe has been a shortage of workers. Reports say that these shortages are due to certain less...

By, Jeremy Wallace, Hartselle, AL The tenth day of April marks the beginning of Holy Week for the year 2022. It is Palm Sunday, a day that cel­ebrates Christ’s descent from the Mount of Olives, His triumphal ride into Jerusa­lem, and the start of the events that would...

By Walter Lofton, General Church Historian. Historical and Scriptural records show James as being the first official general leader of the entire Church; the office referred to today as the General Overseer. Several references in the book of Acts point to James as...

“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea” (Dan. 7:2). We can feel the striving of the spiritual world all around us. We don’t know what will come upon this world tomorrow but, rest...

By Bettie Marlowe, Cleveland, TN “What if” questions still are being asked concerning the “holiness” movements in the East Tennessee area and particularly Bradley and McMinn counties at the turn of the century. Bob George, president of Bradley County Historical...

(1 Peter 3:15) E. Roger Ammons, Communication Minister of The Church of God In 1 Corinthians 14, the apostle Paul writes that agape love is more excellent than any or all of the nine gifts of the Spirit which he had listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10. But he writes that...

(Which Includes Government, Practice, and Advice) Oscar Pimentel, General OverseerThe Church of God I have not been able to pull away from this thought. It may seem odd, it does to me, that such a topic should be the subject of a commencement service message. In my...

By E. Roger Ammons, Communication Minister “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE” (Rom. 12:1). The word “present” is translated as “yield”...

Deborah PerkinsGeneral ABM Coordinator “And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel...

Ray D. Dupre “And when it was day [a time when the possibility of sight was at its maximum], they knew not the land [their view was of uncertain or unknown territory]: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore [even though the land they were looking at was...