Leadership

By Al Felder A Church Can Look Alive and Still Be Dying The Lord’s warning to the church in Sardis is one of the most sobering statements in all of Scripture: they had a name that they lived, and yet they were dead. (Rev. 3:1-3) The outward appearance remained. The assembly still existed. But spiritually, the life was draining away. Christ commanded them to wake up, strengthen what remained, remember what they had received, hold fast, and repent—because without repentance, ju