“solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”-Hebrews 5:14 There is no substitute for reading the Bible. This system of organizing the Bible in a way to make it easier to find things, assumes you know the story of the
It is not easy for me to remember phone numbers, addresses, or Bible verses. As a Christian seeking the truth of Scripture in my early 20’s, I gave up trying to remember specific, proof texts1. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few I could remember (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38) but I struggled
One of my favorite things is when people ask Bible questions. Some are nearly impossible to answer (How many angels can fit on the point of a pen?). But any biblical question displays a desire to know about spiritual things. What is better than that?!?!? Last week, Shirley Hundley asked me if going to space
For many, the Bible really starts with the first verse of Matthew chapter one. Any time we study from the Old Testament, someone will come up to me and say some version of this, “I hope we don’t stay in this long. We need to hear about Jesus.” They will complain the Old Testament isn’t
“To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”-Luke 4:6-7 Is the verse above from the Bible? Is it inspired, accurate, and divinely revealed? Can it be
How do you measure the success of an eldership process? Certainly, the best outcome is the ordination of a plurality of men who come to the office with the congregation at peace and little to no objection to be overcome. But what does it mean if men are selected but never installed? Sound familiar? I
Believe it or not, this Sunday marks the beginning of our third year dealing with COVID-19. It is a relentless enemy full of deadly poison. Every time it seems the fog of this disease is about to be burned off by the sun of normalcy, it again becomes so dense you cannot see the horizon.
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.”-Leviticus 19:32 (KJV) The phrase “hoary head” refers to a man with gray or white hair. We don’t use the word “hoary” much anymore but to an Englishman from 400-years ago,
Plurality; Merriam-Webster defines the word as, “the state of being plural.” That’s not much help. Dictionary.com is a little more to the point with, “a number greater than one.” So, one is not a plurality of anything but two or more is. We must have two for there to be a plurality. The number two