Living Church News

Volume 16, No. 2, March/April 2014

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Growing Together as a Christian Family

Personal Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Dear Brethren and Friends, Most of you who are reading this are aware that my beloved wife of 36 years, Sheryl Ann Meredith, died last November. The hurt and the emptiness in our home, and in my life, continues. I loved her dearly…

The Reason for Your Calling

Editorial Roderick C. Meredith (1930-2017)

Many of you who are reading this will remember that Mr. Herbert Armstrong stated a number of times that Almighty God did not personally “call” us in this present age just for our personal salvation. Rather, he stated, there are two primary reasons…

The Bread of Eternal Life

Dexter B. Wakefield

Each year, as we approach Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread, we engage in a very important activity. Leaven pictures sin for us (1 Corinthians 5:6–8), so we put leaven out of our homes. As we do so, we examine our lives for spiritual leaven…

Educating Godly Children: Challenges and God-Given Responsibilities

Scott D. Winnail

Children are a blessing and reward from God (Psalm 127:3)! They are a joy, a challenge, and ultimately they are future God-beings—whom God Himself has blessed parents with the privilege of creating, raising and educating for a short period of time (…

"Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me..."

As we prepare for the annual Passover observance, true Christians find themselves meditating in a special way on some of the words of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Among His most meaningful and challenging exhortations is the following famous command…

Unleavened Bread Recipes

Many in God’s Church, when preparing for the Days of Unleavened Bread, rely on store-bought matzos or other unleavened crackers to serve as the unleavened bread they will eat on each day of the seven-day festival.

Charlotte Family Weekend 2013

Jim Meredith

This year the Charlotte Family Weekend was the biggest and best ever! Over 550 people enjoyed a weekend that many described as a “Mini Feast of Tabernacles.” The activities began on Friday and some, who arrived early, had the opportunity to tour the…

Lady Aristocrats

Woman to Woman Shirley Young (1938-2014)

The United Kingdom for many centuries has maintained a divided and rather inflexible class structure. Broadly speaking, the divisions are: The Aristocracy (Elite) or Upper Class, the Middle Class and the Working Class. Each person’s social position…

Because He Is Risen, I Do Not Keep Easter

Commentary Wallace G. Smith

I believe in the risen Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior of mankind. I believe that after His crucifixion on Passover, He was three days and three nights in the heart of the earth—as He said He would be. I believe He was then resurrected by His…