Pulpit Magazine

Today’s article is by Mike Fitzhugh and was originally written for Masterpiece Magazine. It has been adapted from Grace to You’s article archive.
What do I look for when choosing a new church home?
We’ve all heard that the choice and purchase of a home is one of the most significant decisions a person will ever make. [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The Church Is an Earthly Expression of Heaven
Here’s a yet another reason from Scripture why I love the church: It is like heaven on earth. I don’t mean that the church is perfect, or that it offers some kind of utopian escape from the realities of a sinful world. But I mean that [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The Church Is the Most Precious Reality on Earth
There’s a third biblical reason I love the church: It is the most precious thing on this earth — more precious than silver, or gold, or any other earthly commodity.
How precious is the church? It demanded the highest price ever paid for anything. “You have [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The Church Is the Outworking of an Eternal Plan
In Titus 1:2, the apostle Paul writes of the “eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began” (New King James Version, emphasis added). In this context, the apostle Paul was describing his ministry, a ministry of evangelism and salvation “for the faith [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The Church Is Being Built by the Lord Himself
The church is the New Testament counterpart of the Old Testament Temple. I’m not referring to a church building, but the body of all true believers.
It is a spiritual building (1 Pet. 2:5), the dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 3:16-17; 2 Cor. 6:16), [...]