I want to talk about a rather obscure word for a very important concept that affects just about everything about life in the local church. Polity. Small word. Big implications. Let’s dive in. So…what is polity? Polity is church government. Polity, at its root, answers the question ...
Now that we've examined elders in our last two posts (part 1, part 2) in this series, we will turn our attention to the biblical role of deacons in the local church. In this post, we’ll examine three primary questions: What is a deacon? What do deacons do? Who can be deacons? What is ...
In this second post of a 3-part series on elders and deacons, we’ll briefly look at 2 questions about elders from Scripture: Who can be an elder? What do good elders do? Who can be an elder? This question is best answered by looking at the qualifications God’s Word gives for ...
In this first post of a 3-part series on elders and deacons, we want to examine the two local church offices outlined in Scripture. We’ll spend two posts looking at the topic of elders and one post on deacons. In this post, we’ll briefly look at 5 primary questions about elders from ...
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 1:3 [i] Jude is calling believers to contend for the gospel – to be willing to stand ...
In Joshua 9, the people of Israel, led by Joshua, were conquering one people after another according to the Lord’s command, as they moved towards taking the Promised Land. They were told by the Lord not to make treaties. They were commanded to completely wipe out all the peoples in the ...
I remember the moment the light bulb went off for me. I remember sitting on the Metro bus headed home from working in downtown Houston, listening to my iPod. I remember the pastor preaching on Colossians 2 in that podcast, and how that passage teaches that for the believer in Jesus, all of our ...
[See part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 in this series of posts on Discipleship for more info.] Now that we’ve examined much about “the what,” “the why” and “the who” in discipleship, I want to provide some very tangible action steps ...
[See part 1, part 2 and part 3 in this series of posts on Discipleship for more info.] What does success look like? It’s easy to get overwhelmed at the thought of diving into discipleship relationships, particularly if you struggle with inadequacy. It’s easy to ...
[See part 1 and part 2 in this series of posts on Discipleship for more info.] Am I Qualified? Perhaps the first question that stirs up in your heart as we start talking about discipling people is one of inadequacy. “Am I really qualified to make disciples?” There could ...
