The Word to the World
At our 2018 World Outreach Celebration (missions conference), Tim Keesee reminded us that to follow Christ is costly. Hearing some of the stories of suffering believers from around the world highlighted how little most of us know of the cost of cross-bearing. Mark’s Gospel has
In the previous article I introduced the biblical principle of congregational government or “elder-led congregationalism.” In this article I want to expand on the biblical justification for the practice of the congregation deciding who is “in” and who is “out.” In other words, we will
It is reported that the sixteenth century Reformer Martin Luther was once asked why he was preaching to his church for the twentieth time on the doctrine of justification. He replied, “Because they have not remembered it after the nineteenth time.” Repetition is important; in
Jonathan Leeman writes, In the West today, individuals and families often resign their church membership like they check out of hotels. They make sure they have all their belongings, inform the management, and then go. In fact, many church members don’t do this much. People