Where in the World is the Church in All of This?
God is seeking the right kind of worshipers everywhere—through us.
The church leader’s authority is not ultimate. Nor is it intrinsic. It is relative and derivative. His authority is relative to the authority of this book. It is derived from the clarity of this book. In other words, the church’s leaders are never allowed to say, “Because I say so.” They can only say, “Because…
What is the “Kingdom” and When Can We Expect It?
What Happens if You Get the Unifying Center Wrong? The Issue of Hermeneutics
It is part of our fallen condition that we think the best of our own actions and motives while thinking the worst of others. The Scriptures challenge us reverse that—to think more highly of others than of ourselves. Here is one obvious way we can obey that: refuse to sit in judgment on some else’s…
What Happens if You Get the Unifying Center Wrong? The Issue of Hermeneutics
Paul never got over the fact the Lord met him one day on the road to Damascus. He never tired of telling others about how the Lord humbled the proud, haughty persecutor, transforming him into a follower of Christ and charged him with the honor of speaking for Christ.
What Happens if You Get the Unifying Center Wrong? The Issue of Hermeneutics
Pain and suffering, sickness and sorrow do not happen by accident. They are not caused by lack of faith. They are not meaningless events that must simply be endured. God works through them all. They come to us by his sovereign design. “Behind a frowning providence, he hides a smiling face.”