In this clear Messianic passage, we find a rapid-fire description of the coming Christ. While all Scripture has significant meaning, it seems that, every so often, we run across a passage where every word is bursting with insights about our Lord. Isaiah chapter 9 contains one of those passages. This chapter seems an unlikely passage […]
It’s tempting to say, “We don’t have one.” Tempting, but wrong. Where is your pastor?” If your church is seeking to follow the New Testament pattern for leadership, this is a question you’re likely to hear again and again. How should we answer it? I’ll never forget my first time at the breaking of bread. […]
“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.” (Acts 20:28). There are many lessons in this verse: 1. The Christian worker must not neglect his own soul. He must […]
The roaring lion stalks the flock. They need to be defended! What are the duties and role of the elders in a local church? W.E. Vine defines an elder in this way: “those who being raised up and qualified by the work of the Holy Spirit, were appointed to have spiritual care of, and to […]
The Lord Jesus, who had compassion for the people “because they were as sheep without a shepherd,” set the example. Elders are men who love and serve the Lord Jesus and His church. They probably have the most difficult and the most important work in the world. They certainly face some of the strongest spiritual […]
There is a movement today which emphasizes the importance of the family—and that is good. The family is the basic unit of society and sound families give strength to a culture and nation. Strong families with a father and mother present, marked by reverence for the Word of God, will give children the training and […]
“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (2 Timothy 2:2) During the tenure of Nehemiah, the threat of attack was so intense that laborers had to repair the Jerusalem wall with one hand and hold a weapon […]
The greatest danger facing modern assemblies is a lack of concern for true spirituality, giving emphasis to form over substance. Paul’s charge to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20:28-38 contains words of warning. There were perils that the elders needed to be aware of and to which they had to respond. In particular, there were […]
Counter-current exchangers appear to be designed, or engineered solutions to the specific physiological challenges faced by some animals but not others. Swimsuit-clad men, determined to qualify as U.S. Navy Seals, sit in the cool ocean water off Coronado Island near San Diego, California. Their body temperature gets lower and lower until they become hypothermic and […]