“If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” – 1 Corinthians 12:26 In this season of great, worldwide, suffering, the church needs to remember the oneness we have in Christ.  Our faith in Jesus’s sacrifice for our sins on the cross brings us into a family, into a body that has many members.  In every family, there will be suffering and there will be rejoicing.  Me and my family cried together when we learned that my mother tested positive for the coronavirus.  [...]

Christians have always needed to think carefully about the way we use words. The apostle Paul wrote, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Eph. 4:29, NIV). James said, “The tongue is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.” James pled with the early [...]