What is the goal of the Christian life, and how do we help one another get there? Mr. Tkach asks in this month's Personal.
We exist to worship God, and in order to be genuine, this worship must come from the heart. It must be a genuine expression of our real feelings. Pages 4 and 5.
Don Mears illustrates his Iron Sharpens Iron article with a story about a man who joined the U.S. Navy to see the world and learn a trade, but was disturbed when asked to fight.
Mr. Mears compares this to our battles as Christians and as WCG members over the past few years.
Though we are sometimes tempted to quit, he encourages us to be faithful to the end. Page 8.
Randal Dick writes about an experience he had at a conference in Virginia that showed a uniqueness that God has given the WCG.
Because the WCG is a worldwide family, he was the only attendee able to offer help to a medical doctor from Congo who needed assistance when he traveled to New York City.
Mr. Dick noted that the WCG could have helped this doctor at every point on his journey back to his home country. Pages 10 and 11.
Mr. Albrecht, director of Church Relations, discusses how we contacted the director of a radio broadcast that aired an outdated program that cast the WCG in a negative light. The executive director said he would edit out the comments from future broadcasts. Mr. Albrecht also noted that Mr. Tkach's book, Transformed by Truth, was listed in Preaching magazine's top 10 books that every preacher should read. Page 13.
The WCG conducted its first European women's conference Jan. 9 to 11 in England.
The theme for the conference was "Reflect the Light." Dana Silcox organized the conference, which included speakers Pat Halford, women's ministry director in Europe, and Tammy Tkach, Sheila Graham and Susie Dick, guest speakers from the United States. Pages 16 and 17.
In an article on stewardship, Mike Morrison notes the different reactions members had to our doctrinal changes.
Some people, he notes, think the new covenant isn't strict enough. Yet, the New Testament contains hundreds of commands.
He notes that the gospel gives us freedom, but it also gives us a new approach to freedom--that we use our freedom to serve others, just as Jesus himself came to serve rather than to seek his own benefit. Pages 22 and 23.
In December, the daily average mail income climbed to $127,961, up from $122,272 in November.
The daily average for the year was $125,469, which met the projections of 20 percent less income in 1997 compared to 1996. The church projects a 10 percent decrease in income for 1998. Pages 28 and 29.
Jan. 2, 1998, WN, page 2
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