In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and maintaining structures. However, some structure is necessary to send out missionaries to make disciples elsewhere. In Acts 13:1-5 we meet the first church that sent out its own missionaries.
Paul praised God the Father for choosing us and predestining us to be his children.
In the previous section, Paul asserted that no one can be right before God by observing the law but rather through faith in Christ. ...
Two stories combine to show how Jesus has power to make people whole again and to call us to believe his words.