Of Financial Giving

Overview The Bible speaks of financial stewardship as being an important part of a healthy spiritual life. A steward is someone who possesses and is entrusted with the responsibility to look after something of value.  The term is often but...

Of Tithes and Tithing

Overview Tithing was the way God commanded for the Israelites to exercise financial stewardship regarding taking care of those dedicated 24×7 to ministry under the Old Covenant. This document looks at tithing from a historical perspective as well as providing...

Church Covenant

Introduction The Church Covenant provides a set of principles, personal characteristics, and actions that a covenant person agrees to pursue in his or her life. This covenant may contain different wordings than covenants of some other churches. Not all of...

Essential Articles of Faith (EAOF)

EAOF #1 – The Unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: I believe there is one true God and that he has revealed himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as recorded in the Holy Bible. This biblical revelation...

Some Things Good To Know

1. There is but one true Creator God: Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. He is the Christian God; Christianity is the superior religion/faith. We love him because he first loved us. We worship Him in Spirit and Truth!...

Celebration of Easter Part 2

This is part 2 of the Celebration of Easter article. Let us consider some examples where Easter approximates/overlaps the Mosaic Passover period. For example, in 2019 Easter Sunday is April 21 and the Mosaic Passover period is April 19-27. In...

Celebration of Easter

Updated April 2025 Easter is an annual celebration in which the church honors Christ resurrection in a special way. However, in practice we end up in a special way recognizing and remembering Jesus Christ birth, life, sacrificial death, burial, resurrection,...

US Federal and State Constitutions

The US Federal Constitution The US Constitution was ratified on September 17, 1787. This constitution contained the no religious test clause in Article VI. On September 25, 1789 the Bill of Rights was added. The Bill of Rights is the...

About Clothing, Jewelry, Hair, Tattoos, and...

General The topic to which I speak is that of clothing, jewelry, hair, tattoos, and similar items.  The Holy Scriptures speaks to these issues.  However, some guidance is essential concerning the application of the scriptures in our modern day society. ...

Quality of Life

Introduction The term Quality of Life is not precisely defined. People define it various ways in various contexts. It is largely subjective in nature and largely depends on the values of the person or group. For our purposes here, it...

Music and Dance

Introduction The arts arise out of humanity’s need to express itself outwardly. For simplicity hereafter attention is focused primarily on music and dance. However, the principles set forth apply to all related media and performing arts and fine arts. Herein,...

Alcoholic Beverages

The controversy over use of alcoholic beverages largely arises out of a lack of both spiritual and intellectual integrity due to the imposition of human preference and human weakness. Humans abuse sex but that does not mean God forbids sex....