The Word From Waterbury

Each year, in some local congregation, a member walks away from the Church. It’s a problem that reaches back to the establishment of the Church: baptized believers being added to the Church by God, but sometime later exit through what we call “the back door” no longer desiring to be associated with the Church. The … Read more

How exactly do we measure the spiritual health of a Church? Every local congregation of the church of Christ needs to be healthy in its life and labor. The Church will always grow God’s way when it’s healthy. Make no mistake about it, a weak, feeble, and sickly church is destined for decline – perhaps … Read more

Our Wednesday Bible Class is your opportunity to receive Kingdom Instructions And Insights from the life and labor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the outline we are following in our study in the Gospel of Mark: 1:9-20 Jesus calls, 2:1-12, Jesus forgives, 3:23-35 Jesus unities, 5:21-24, 35-43 Jesus restores, 6:7-13, 30-32 … Read more

    Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels, but it presents a lively, fast-paced and fast-moving portrait of the life and labor of Jesus. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is the Servant of God, faithfully engaged in God’s work. Mark highlights the deeds of Jesus much more than His teaching. In the opening … Read more

The Lord Jesus Christ supplies us with a truthful and timely word about being motivated to pray. He spoke about the need to be watchful – “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mark 14:38). To be watchful is to be alert, … Read more

     You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.      (James 5:8)      On December 22, 2005, Matt Long, a member of the New York City Fire Department was riding his bike to a training session when he was hit by a twenty-ton bus. The bus didn’t … Read more

     It’s possible that we begin every new year – looking back – at the things we didn’t get right in the previous year. The new year begins with a burst of optimism and gratitude for God blessing us to see a new year. The year kicks off with a celebratory spirit! But then, we … Read more

As God brings us into a new year, there’s so much to get right before God. Right at the top tier of our “got to get this right list” is our prayer time with God. Prayer is never – ever – wasted time. It’s an opportunity in time for us to live out the promise … Read more

In this time side of life, we always seem to have some date penciled in on our calendar. Something we’re looking forward to in the days ahead: a graduation, a date set for a career promotion, a vacation, and yes, a wedding day. Many others have dates set on the calendar that are troubling, hurtful, … Read more

Way back in 1970, Tyrone Davis sang into the airways a song that reached number one on Billboard’s R & B Chart. The best-selling hit, “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” spoke to the sentiments of the masses. Down through the ages, countless numbers of people have said it: “If I could turn back the … Read more

Fully and faithfully aligned to God’s Time – this is the Biblical focus of our Sunday sermons from January to March. I think the topic is worth – our time – to give our full attention to. Time is valuable, precious, and substantial in determining our eternal destiny. The thing that we must always keep … Read more

Last Lord’s Day we kicked off a sermon series on the issue of time: Fully and Faithfully Aligned to God’s Time. Big question! How important is time? Well, what we decide to be, and do, in the time that God gives us will determine our destiny in eternity. This makes time all-important for us. In … Read more

For the child of God, faith is the main thing that must always be the focus point of all that God is calling us to be, calling us to do, and where He is calling us to go. This explains why God keeps us in the classroom of life learning to pursue and perfect faith. … Read more