Living Church of God had this up for Doug Winnail's weekly update for August 22, 2024
The Importance of Kindness: The Bible reveals that in the last days, people will be “unloving, unforgiving, slanderers… brutal” (2 Timothy 3:1–4). However, God wants Christians to develop godly qualities and become like He is, “gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness” (Nehemiah 9:17). David writes that God “has shown me His marvelous kindness” (Psalm 31:21). Solomon says of a virtuous woman: “on her tongue is the law of kindness” (Proverbs 31:26). Jesus said that God is even “kind to the unthankful” and we should be likewise (Luke 6:35). The Apostle Paul wrote that true Christian love “suffers long and is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4) because kindness is one of the fruits of God’s Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22). If we hope to become like God and be in the Kingdom of God, we will strive to develop and exercise this important quality of kindness.
Have a profitable Sabbath,
Douglas S. Winnail
While these questions include LCG in them they also apply as a whole to the Church of God movement.
Has the Church of God, as a whole, ever practiced kindness to its members?
Has the ministry been kind to its members?
Has their version of kindness been only restricted to church members or has it shown kindness to the world?
Has the church been "unloving, unforgiving, slanderers...brutal?" to its members?
Can church members learn godly qualities by how they have been treated by church leaders and ministers?
Does the love of members "suffer long and is kind?
Do you believe that you will be a good god considering how you treat people today in this lifetime?
