Wrong Responses to a Loss of Corporate Worship
When Israel lost its Temple in A. D. 70, you might imagine it would have prompted much soul-searching and repentance among the rabbis that had… Read More »Wrong Responses to a Loss of Corporate Worship
Articles on Church
Why We Won’t Livestream During Lockdown (Though We Could)
Left-click the bread icon to consume the bread. >Click< >>> Thank you. You have eaten the bread. Left-click the cup icon to consume the cup. … Read More »Why We Won’t Livestream During Lockdown (Though We Could)
Church Visibility or Church Publicity?
Church leaders find themselves today harangued and prodded to build an “online presence”. This usually means a busy Facebook page, a Youtube channel, a Twitter… Read More »Church Visibility or Church Publicity?
How Christians Have Responded to the Secularization of Culture
Over the past several weeks I have been tracing how western culture was impacted in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the rise of secularism. An… Read More »How Christians Have Responded to the Secularization of Culture
The Protection of Preference
Scripture loves unity among the saints, but does not mandate uniformity. Somewhere Tozer points out that a hundred pianos all tuned with the same tuning… Read More »The Protection of Preference
Cold water to splash in Despair’s face over Apostasy
Of late many high-profile apostasies have rattled evangelical Christianity. Some of the men who have departed from the faith were much admired and loved for… Read More »Cold water to splash in Despair’s face over Apostasy
The Good and Bad of Christendom
The legalization of Christianity by Roman Emperor Constantine I (272–337) in 313 with his Edict of Milan marked the beginning of a period lasting up… Read More »The Good and Bad of Christendom
The Infant Church’s Continual Commitments
Christ’s disciples obeyed his command to remain in Jerusalem until he sent them the Holy Spirit and formed his spiritual body. Acts 2 records the… Read More »The Infant Church’s Continual Commitments
Mission: Make Worshipers
After Jesus died and rose again, he appeared to his disciples and many others, beginning a short period of teaching before he ascended back to… Read More »Mission: Make Worshipers
A Parable About Pop Music in Church
Christian 1: So I hear you have a problem with lollipops? Christian 2: Lollipops? No, I think they’re just fine. Christian 1: But you apparently… Read More »A Parable About Pop Music in Church
Beauty and Christianity’s Primary Endeavors
Once we understand that beauty is close to glory in meaning, we will without any difficulty find beauty at the heart of many Christian endeavors.… Read More »Beauty and Christianity’s Primary Endeavors
All Members Care for the Whole Body
Paul clearly describes in 1 Corinthians 12 the core elements of a theology of unity and diversity withing the Body of Christ. God grants a… Read More »All Members Care for the Whole Body
Two brief arguments for the baptism of children
In this brief essay, I’m making several assumptions. The first is that baptism is rightly administered only to professing believers. I don’t intend to engage… Read More »Two brief arguments for the baptism of children
All the Members are Necessary to the Body
Last week, I made the point from Paul’s discussion in 2 Corinthians 12 that all members of the church, because of their diversity, make up the unity… Read More »All the Members are Necessary to the Body
All the Members Make the Body
In his first letter to the Corinthian Christians, the apostle Paul emphasizes the functional diversity and spiritual unity of the Body of Christ. But Paul knows… Read More »All the Members Make the Body
Identity in Christ Creates Unity
Unity in the Body of Christ comes due to the fact that Christ baptizes each believer with the Holy Spirit into his spiritual body. This… Read More »Identity in Christ Creates Unity
A Tale of Two Sons
A great king had two sons, who were come to the age where one should be named as the crown prince. The custom of that… Read More »A Tale of Two Sons
Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (4)
Our study of elders in New Testament churches has suggested that the concept of lay elders is not as self-evident as some of its advocates… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (4)
Spirit Baptism Creates Spiritual Unity
Despite the functional diversity of individual believers within the church, the church has unnatural unity. How does this happen? How are people of diverse giftedness… Read More »Spirit Baptism Creates Spiritual Unity
Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (3)
In considering the question of lay elders, we have seen that the New Testament describes but never prescribes a plurality of elders in a New Testament… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (3)