Volume 34        January 2003       No. 2 THEME OF THIS ISSUE: DESPISE YE THE CHURCH OF GOD?  ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE1 EDITORIAL………………. Alan E. Highers    Despise Ye the Church of God? 3 Forsaking the Assembly… Hugh Fulford7 Neglect of the Lord's Supper Dan Winkler11 ………….. Failure To Give as Prospered  V. P. Black15 …………………………. Lack of Knowledge    William Woodson19 ………… Worldly and Inconsistent Living  David R. Pharr24 Absence of Commitment and Conviction    Wendell Winkler28 Treating the Church as a Human Denomination…………………. Gary McDade33 …… Disregarding the Authority of Christ    Wayne Jackson38 ……………….. Unmindful of Evangelizing  David Sain42 Many Regard the Church as Non-Essential    Basil Overton