Is Church Membership Biblical?
The highest moral laws in the secular west today are toleration and non-judgmentalism. The very ideas of inclusion and exclusion in any context make people think of elitism, xenophobia, or racism. Still, church membership is an idea with deep biblical roots: •The garden of Eden had an inside and an outside (Gen. 2:8, 3:24). •Noah’s ark had an inside and an outside (Gen. 7:16). •The … Continue reading Is Church Membership Biblical?
Martin Luther on Pastoral Diligence
“Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They do not pray; they do not read; they do not search the Scripture…..The call is: watch, study, attend to reading. In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well, and what you understand well you cannot … Continue reading Martin Luther on Pastoral Diligence
What Happens When the Bible is Studied Seriously and Applied to Daily Life?
By James Montgomery Boice, who was pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church for over 30 years. Between 1963 and 1966, when I was studying at the University of Basel in Switzerland, my wife and I were invited to attend a Bible study group that met on Friday evenings. It was a small group at first, but it grew. By the time we had gone through Acts … Continue reading What Happens When the Bible is Studied Seriously and Applied to Daily Life?
Shepherd the Flock 