The position of elder – or bishop, or overseer, or shepherd – is outlined pretty clearly in Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus, as he spells out the character and…
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What does it mean to be “above reproach” in the context of selecting elders? At times, we in the church take this so seriously that it almost paralyzes us. We…
In John 10, Jesus describes a typical sheep fold, and states “I am the door,” then describing how the sheep and shepherd alike use that door in terms of security…
The apostle Paul writes in Philippians 3: “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus…
Do we think of being a Christian as a designation we take on ourselves? The Bible uses the term only three times, and in each time, it indicates the idea…
What does the concept of “entropy” have to do with Paul’s letter to Timothy? Entropy can be defined basically as a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal…
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