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The Body With One Part?
In answer to the question, “Why don’t women ever read or pray in Bethlehem’s church services?” John Piper answered in part: But the real question, I think, they’re asking is about the prayers of praise, the reading of the text, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged New Testament Gatherings, Participation, Pastors, Pulpit, Traditions
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Objections and Responses About Leadership
1. Doesn’t Acts 1:20; Rom. 11:13; 12:4; and 1 Tim. 3:1,10,12 have to do with church officials? The word “office” is these passages is a mistranslation. It has no equivalent in the original Greek. Nowhere in the Greek NT do … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Elders, Hierarchy, Pastors, Rule, Servanthood, Titles
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Spiritual Pirates Who Plunder Christians
by Van Robison It is nothing short of astonishing how so many Christians today allow themselves to be plundered and robbed by spiritual pirates in the pulpits. In the New Testament, Jesus called these spiritual pirates false prophets and false … Continue reading
Being Deceived
Who are the people trying to deceive if possible, even the elect? Who are the ones who seek to “deceive the many?” We read many times in the scriptures of false Christ’s, deceitful workers, false prophets, false brethren, deceivers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Deception, False Prophets, False Shepherds, Institutional Church, Pastors, Wolves
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THE ELDERSHIP COOKBOOK
INTRODUCTION The subject of “leadership in the church” is probably the most talked about, the most widespread, and perhaps the most distorted and lethal of all the twisted teachings that have been trumpeted down through the centuries inside the musty … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, Authority, Elders, Institutional Church, Pastors, Rulership
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Is the One-Pastor System Scriptural?
A young man feels ‘called to the ministry’. His pastor recommends him to go to Bible College for three years to become fully equipped for his vocation. At college he is rigorously trained, his trial sermons are assessed and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Clergy, Elders, Evangelists, God's heritage, Laity, Nicolaitanes, Pastors, Priesthood of all believers, Spiritual gifts
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