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Recently Leadership Magazine commissioned a poll of a thousand pastors. The pastors indicated that 12 percent of them had committed adultery while in ministry – one out of eight pastors! – and 23 percent…
Genesis 3:15 as a Test Case* Abstract: Evangelical scholars have championed grammatical-historical interpretation as an objective means of sifting truth from error. This approach has value if we use it…
Introduction As a Baptist student at a Reformed seminary, I encountered many theological pressures — from students and teachers alike — to convert to a paedobaptistic view. After much study,…
Knowing that he has been drafted, fitted for ministry, entrusted with a message, and sent out in the name of the Lord, the minister ought to demonstrate the proper authority…
The following is an excellent list of questions for potential pastors. I remember when, as a young Independent Baptist, sitting through a Q&A session on a Sunday night where the…
What is Expository Preaching? Expository preaching involves the exposition, or comprehensive explanation, of the Scripture; that is, expository preaching presents the meaning and intent of a biblical text, providing commentary…
“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power; that your faith should not stand in…
Introduction Professing Christians desire peace in the body of Christ. Many acknowledge that peace and purity can only be maintained through biblical church discipline. Matthew 18:15ff is a crucial passage…
The Reformation doctrine least in evidence today is ‘the sufficiency of Scripture.’ An examination of the creeds of the Reformers will show that they all adhered to the authority of…
This excerpt from Justin Martyr’s First Apology is the oldest record outside of the Bible of the ancient Christian order and time of congregational worship. Justin Martyr (110-165 A.D.) wrote…
The passage below is excerpted from a letter written by John Knox in 1557 before leaving Scotland for exile in Geneva. Knox addressed the letter to ‘His Brethren in Scotland,’…
So many accessories have been introduced into Church services over recent years that it seems abundantly clear that the object is no longer to worship God, but to entertain the…
The uniting of God’s people in corporate worship is of crucial importance to the life of the church. What takes place during this time should prepare the way for God…
The rush is on. How contemporary can we really be? How in the world will we ever get the unchurched to come when virtually all they know comes through 30…
‘But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is…
The following article is from a letter by Kerry Ptacek responding to an inquiry from a supporter of the Covenant Family Fellowship You asked about children and the Lord’s Supper,…
Is Christ really, truly, personally present with us in the sacrament? Do we therein covenant and commune with him in person, touch to touch, immediately and really; or is this…
In the Lord’s Supper we are said to receive Christ and the benefits of His redemption to our spiritual nourishment and growth in grace. As our natural food imparts life…
Scripture clearly teaches that Christian women are to be actively involved in the local church. They are part of the body of Christ and as members of that body they…
In this day innovations march with rapid strides. The fantastic suggestion of yesterday, entertained only by a few fanatics, and then only mentioned by the sober to be ridiculed, is…
Is the ordination of women to the Gospel ministry biblical? This is certainly one question which seems to have sparked considerable debate in the modern Church. While ‘all things in…
IT is scarcely possible to treat of some subjects without running into commonplaces: their very importance has made them trite, just as we observe great highways to be most beaten….
WHEN I look back on the years which I have spent in the ministry, I cannot but think that much benefit would have arisen from such honest and plain advices…
THE Church is the mirror, that reflects the whole effulgence of the Divine character. It is the grand scene, in which the perfections of Jehovahare displayed to the universe. The…
