Archive for month: February, 2020

This first clause states the general aim of Christ’s gift of teachers to His “called out”. Then follow subordinate...

Paul writes, “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for...

A third view of the local church leadership acknowledges the need for a decision-making body like the two previous...

The absence of such church leaders as “decision-makers” in the Bible should cause us to rethink our view of...

One safeguard among those who propose an eldership rule over local churches is the law of local autonomy and...

When working a problem in geometry, the student always begins with a given set of facts from which he...

Another view is taken by those from the Restoration Movement who, like Luther, also emerged with an emphasis on...

Lest someone conclude that my view of “church” or the local organizations eliminates local fellowship,  let me quickly propose...