Authority - Gentle Reformation

Rebellion

January 15, 2026

This article addresses a neglected sin: rebellion against lawful authority. While abuses of power must be named and resisted, Scripture also warns against reflexive resistance that treats defiance as virtue. Christian obedience is neither servility nor defiance, but humble submission to God.

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Using One's Strength to Serve

June 27, 2023

How are we to use our strength, prominence, position, and power in the Lord's economy?

Marriage

Hyper-Headship in Marriage

December 27, 2022

How do we handle marriages where Scripture is used to oppress, as opposed to care for and protect one's spouse?

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Husbands, Be Good Managers

December 28, 2017

1 Timothy 3:4-5 says of those called to the office of ruling elder in the church, “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for

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Between Irrelevance and Inspiration: Rob Bell's "What is the Bible?"

September 21, 2017

I imagine it was a paradisiacal day—whatever happy, joyful, and blissful picture that gives your imagination—when the serpent slithered to the woman in the Garden of Eden. He did not come

Authority

Preaching with Authority

October 23, 2013

Every preacher who stands behind a pulpit or on a street corner should desire to preach with authority. He should hope that when people hear him that they are rather hearing God speaking

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The Incarnate Word and the Written Word

October 16, 2012

The doctrine of the Word of God has come on hard times among professing Christians. This sad state of things is no surprise. At the very beginning of human history, Satan assaulted the