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REMEMBER THOSE EARLIER DAYS – Guest Editorial: John Causey
Editor’s note from Kip McKean: First and foremost, I hold John Causey to be a very dear brother and friend. So it gives me unfathomable joy to share with you that John and Emma Causey officially placed membership in the City of Angels ICC on April 9, 2017, thus...
LIFE AND DOCTRINE
“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into...
LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE
As gasoline is indispensable to a car, so is LOVE in our walk with God. We need Love if we’re going to remain faithful, love for the lost, love for the work of God, love for each other and most importantly, love for God. When a car runs out of gas, it stops, it’s...
PERSEVERANCE PRODUCES CHARACTER
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,...
THE CALL TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
“’…build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,’ says the Lord.” Haggai 1:8 The theme for our 2016 Winter Workshop to kick-off the New Year is simply, "The Call to Build the House of the Lord."Our key text is the book of Haggai, a prophet who's...
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE CROSS
I wasn't very religious growing up. When I moved to Washington DC in 1990, I was met by a disciple of Jesus who studied the Bible with me. Once I opened the Bible and studied the Scriptures for the first time, I quickly realized there was hope for this lost world. My...
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED WHILE BEING IN D.C.
James: I am really thankful and grateful that God put us here in D.C. for the last four years and, in particular, with the McDonnell’s this past year and a Half. I have learned so many lessons that God has used to refine me into a better disciple! The first thing is...
LIFE CHANGING CONVERSATION
Joe and Janette Nelson, the directors of the DC chapter of MERCY Worldwide, have been in the Kingdom for over 25 years and today they are renewing their marriage vows to each other with the entire DC Church and family members as witnesses. They are deeply loved by the...
LONGEVITY
What will it take for you to ‘make it’ to the end? What is your plan to stay faithful, to keep going until you are 60, 70, even 80 years old? I am one year away from 70. I remember when I was young, I really couldn’t imagine how I was going to stay faithful until I...
WHAT IS A SOLD-OUT DISCIPLE? II
A sold-out disciple is simply one with faith, hope and love…at levels not seen except in Jesus. “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know...