Member Letters
The Church of the Eternal God publishes a monthly Member Letter.
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Letter to the Brethren – July 16, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
When God the Father created the angels through Christ (John 1:3; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16), the thought had to have entered Their minds that since they were creating beings with free moral choices and no previous character of mind which is developed through time, there was a chance that some would rebel.
Even though that was a probability, They went forward in this aspect of Their plan. As it turned out, Satan and about one-third of the angels did rebel and await judgment in the future.
We know that pride became an issue for Satan. Ezekiel 28:15-16…
Letter to the Brethren – June 24, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
Does history repeat itself? We have certainly witnessed this as events that are currently happening are developments which have been predicted to happen many years ago. Back in 2017, I wrote a member letter in which I addressed the whole world’s concern about the nation of the USA, and specifically the one man who was in office. That man, who was President then, is the President now. Could we have imagined that things could get worse since then?
I stated that his approval ratings back in February of 2017, through a poll of 1500 Americans, had…
Letter to the Brethren – May 14, 2025
Dear Brethren:
Making the best of a bad situation, lemonade from lemons, live and learn—we’ve all heard these phrases from time to time and the intent is obvious. Another aphorism, that has made its way through the decades is the phrase: “Never waste a good crisis.” This was attributed to Winston Churchill during the WWII era, though the actual origin is not entirely clear. Regardless of attribution, the phrase referred to the near destruction of much of London and other cities during the intense Nazi air raids. When the cities were destroyed, the need to rebuild with modern processes,…
Letter to the Brethren – April 23, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
In America, Christianity is becoming more openly spoken of. President Trump has recently acknowledged God on various occasions, and that is a change from recent Administrations in the U.S. Movies and television programs depicting the life of Jesus Christ and other biblical subjects are being produced in contrast to the overwhelmingly violent presentations from Hollywood and various entertainment outlets.
Even high school and college students have made news headlines for assembling “to witness about Jesus Christ”. Currently, about forty percent of adults in the U. S. regularly attend church—either in person or online.
However, while this stands…
Letter to the Brethren – March 13, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
For many decades, a monthly letter has been sent out, both in the now defunct Worldwide Church of God and for over 20 years in the Church of the Eternal God and its international affiliates in Canada and the UK. These letters were also published on our English and German Websites. Today, as we see world events gathering pace at an alarming rate, anything I can write in this letter may well be eclipsed before this letter is even sent out and so I will resist any specific remarks on the current world scene that…
Letter to the Brethren – February 12, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
We live in this physical world with our physical activities and necessities. Things like working, eating, socializing, etc. Yes, these are necessary in order to survive, but what is most important to God, our Creator? When we read the commonly called “LORD’s Prayer”, Matthew 6:9-13, after praising God’s name, we read the following requests, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” And continuing this theme in Matthew 6:33, we read, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to…
Letter to the Brethren – January 23, 2025
Dear Brethren and Friends,
My wife and I recently took our youngest son to a mine in a town called Julian close to San Diego. Julian is an old mining town from the late 1870s. We walked through the old mine through a mountainside. Everything in these tunnels was small and cramped. The whole cave system was lit up every 10 feet with electrical wires and lights. During the tour, when we had reached about halfway through the cave system (although there are 3 miles of tunnel under the mountain), the guide told us he wanted us…
Letter to the Brethren – December 22, 2024
Dear Brethren and Friends,
It is at times like this, when the world is engulfed in its holidays, that we, as Christians, do not
belong. For now, we are simply a curiosity for not celebrating Christmas, New Year, or other customs throughout the year.
But the time is coming—it has been prophesied—that true Christians will become the object of persecution, just as Jesus Christ, His apostles and disciples were in their generation (compare John 15:20).
Note what Jesus said would happen at the time of the end (our time):
“‘Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and…
Letter to the Brethren – November 22, 2024
Dear Brethren, Friends and Family,
The spirit of togetherness and love is something that we experience every year during the Feast of Tabernacles, which was shared and expressed once again this year.
Even though, due to sickness and diverse frailties, our numbers in the USA were less than in previous years with around 30 in personal attendance, the great outpouring of brotherly kindness and great joy was present. Some participated by viewing our live services over the internet, and communicated with each other over the chat line. This year at the Feast in Tempe, Arizona, we did a fair number…
Letter to the Brethren – September 30, 2024
Dear Members and Friends:
When Jesus Christ was asked by three of His disciples about the future and the sign of His coming and the end of this present age, He responded by warning them not to be deceived.
At first, He was addressing His disciples who were alive at that time (Matthew 24:4: “Take heed that no one deceives YOU”), and indeed, by the time Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians, many had already begun to believe a false gospel (Galatians 1:6-8), and by the time he wrote the second letter to the Corinthians, many had begun to…
Letter to the Brethren – September 9, 2024
Dear Members and Friends:
On August 2, I received an emotional phone call from my older brother that his wife had died at the hospital after she had broken her hip. It was not until a little over a week later that he called again and I was able to get the details as to what had actually happened. She was taking treatments for cancer at the hospital that day and after the treatments, while still in the hospital, she felt nauseated, fell and broke her hip. They took her to the ICU and were in the process of…
Letter to the Brethren – August 9, 2024
Dear Brethren and Friends,
When I was just out of college and working my first full-time job, I secured an American Express card. It was not that I needed another way to spend money that I did not have. I had been advised by my parents of the importance of building my credit score. Basically, this is a record of how well one does with repaying small expenditures purchased on credit. I recall clearly the tag line that Amex used: Membership has its Privileges.
I was pleased that I had qualified for the familiar green and white plastic card. I…