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God’s Rescue Will Be God’s Way
Psalm 119 is a great paean of praise for God’s eternal, righteous, and inerrant word; and the longest psalm in the Bible at 176 verses. But it is much more than just an exercise in how many ways you can … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, Old Testament
Tagged baptism, blessings, church, discipleship, disobedience, faith, faithfulness, forgiveness, God's way, Gospel, grace, heaven, hope, judgment, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, promises, redemption, rescue, salvation, sin, theology, truth, wisdom
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How NOT to Understand the Bible
In my last post I wrote about the common sense principles for interpreting Scripture. At this point, I thought I’d focus on poor ways to understand God’s words. These are approaches to Scriptures that really exist, and are used by some—but not … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged Bible, church, faithfulness, false doctrine, false teaching, Gospel, interpretation, judgment, leadership, obedience, pattern, religion, salvation, theology, truth, understanding, unity, wisdom, wisdom of men
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Israel and Peaceful Coexistence
Peaceful coexistence was doubtlessly an enticing concept to the Israelites. Since shortly after leaving Egypt they had been at war. They had fought their way through the wilderness and then, after crossing the Jordan, they had fought a war of complete … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged church, coexistence, courage, discipleship, faith, false teaching, judgment, neglect, obedience, pattern, peace, purpose, religion, salvation, spiritual warfare, truth, war
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About Prophetesses
In a post a short while ago I spoke about women’s roles in the church. It generated some good questions, one of them was about the prophetesses of 1 Corinthians 11. The answer to this question deserves something more than a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged authority, church, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, gender, justice, leaders, leadership, obedience, pattern, Paul, prayer, preaching, prophecy, purpose, religion, roles, sacrifice, sin, submission, teaching, wisdom, worship
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Getting “20/20 Foresight”
I’ve been listening to a class from Yale on the history of western civilization. It’s been interesting on a number of history-geek levels, but one thing that really has struck me has been how certain pivotal events in history didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, hope, judgment, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, religion, repentance, salvation, sin, suffering, wisdom
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“…But what Does the Bible say about that?”—Leadership and Gender in the Church
Many in the religious world around us now include women in leadership of their churches—in both worship and day to day leadership. The world, of course, applauds this taking this path as an enlightened evolution of religion; but the world has … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Bible teachings, church, discipleship, doctrines, equality, fair, fairness, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, judgment, leadership, men, obedience, pattern, purpose, religion, roles, sin, theology, truth, wisdom, women, worship
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To God, the Things That Are God’s
“And He *said to them, ‘Whose likeness and inscription is this?’ They *said to Him, ‘Caesar’s.’ Then He *said to them, ‘Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.’” (Matthew 22:20, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, fear, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, hope, judgment, love, meaning of life, obedience, religion, salvation, worship
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Who Are We; And What Are We About? (part 1)
A youth minister that a few of our old-timers will remember, Reid Moon, was fairly famous for his questions that seemed to come right out of left field—that would make you think a little deeper. One of his more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged body of Christ, bride of Christ, church, false teaching, family, household of God, identification, identity, love, Messiah, new Israel, obedience, pattern, philanthropy, priesthood, priests, religion, social club, the saved, theology
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 7, His Reign and Part on the Last Day
We’ve looked at a number of aspects of the Bible’s teachings about the Christ, but one about which I’ll be speaking this time, may be the most misunderstood in modern times—Christ’s reign and His part in the Last Day. The … Continue reading →