Witness The Powerful Witness of Deacons July 27, 2020 A phrase in a verse found in Acts 6 has always intrigued me. Acts 6:7 says, And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly
Hospitality A Kindness Repaid May 22, 2018 In my last post I wrote of David's kindness to Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Jonathan: the King's best friend's boy feasted at the palace table for the duration of his days. He
ministry Handling Sinners the Gospel Way - Part I May 05, 2018 When Christians stray or lapse the response of fellow-believers may vary from merciless gossip to public humiliation. The press and the world will come down on them like a ton of bricks. False
elders Thinking Wrongly About Leadership May 02, 2018 When we think wrongly about leadership in the church, the church suffers. Sometimes we make the wrong people leaders. Other times we distort the relationship between the church and her leaders. What follows
Deacons The Distinction between Deacons and Elders February 20, 2017 One difficulty the church often runs into is making proper distinctions. We confuse laws with principles of wisdom. We don't know what Jesus meant when he said communion bread is his body. We