The Right to Complain

The Right to Complain

All my life I have heard it said, in way or another, “If you don’t exercise your right to vote then you lose your right to complain.” I won’t debate the merits of this adage; it may or may not be true. However, what is indisputably true is that governments are...
Checking In, Checking Out

Checking In, Checking Out

Jonathan Leeman writes, In the West today, individuals and families often resign their church membership like they check out of hotels. They make sure they have all their belongings, inform the management, and then go. In fact, many church members don’t do this much....
Church Membership

Church Membership

Are churches right when they insist upon a biblical standard for entrance into church membership?   This, in my opinion, may well be one of the most crucial issues facing the church at all times. Should one keep the church doors wide open for all and sundry to...
Eight Ways to Leave Church Without Not Going to Church

Eight Ways to Leave Church Without Not Going to Church

I  was inspired to write this I saw an article called “8 ways to stop going to church without anyone noticing.” Initially I thought it was a good simple article, but on second thought I feel that the issues it raises are more the fault of those holding the individual...
Saving Christians from a False View of the Church

Saving Christians from a False View of the Church

In Namibia, we find a number of false views concerning the nature of the church and the place of the church in the life of the believer. “I do not question the beliefs and practises of my church. Into this church I was born and in this church I will die. I am...