Regarding gender roles
The topic of gender roles in leadership seems of much debate these days. I see it as a peripheral issue, but because there is some need for clarification ahead of time, especially in church planting, I’ll be brief on it.
I do believe in gender roles, and that the bible distinguishes the very creation [...]

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If you follow any of the spiritual mudslinging that goes on around the blogging world, then this might be interesting news.
Over the last few months Ken Silva of CRN and apprising.org has spent a good amount of time trashing anything that doesn’t fit his version of Christianity. One issue in particular is that of [...]

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I can never speak too much of my brilliant wife. Here’s one post I’ve shared of her and another. Not only is she a stunner and a super mom, but there is no other person I would ever want to live this incredible adventure of life with.

During one of our long car rides [...]

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Deacons

The primary biblical insight into the role of the deacon appears in Acts 6:1-7, where the apostles are overburdened by caring for needy widows in the community and the task is appointed to the deacons. I believe this is more of a descriptive than prescriptive scenario and the role of a deacon is that of [...]

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I should be preparing for a sermon tomorrow morning but this is just too good not to immediately blog.
You must watch this.

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Just got back from traveling the past two weeks. We hit Rochester, Boston, Montreal, and Ottawa.It’s renewed my sense of hospitality and just how distant these near-by cities are. There is so much work still to be done on this planet.
This Sunday I’ll be speaking at Mosaic Baptist. The rest of [...]

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Elders
As far as I can tell elders, pastors, bishops, overseers are synonymous terms throughout the New Testament (Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Peter 5:2). They are clearly seen as the human leaders of the church. I would tend to agree with Ed Stetzer that ?the church should be led by a group of pastor-elders who [...]

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Sweet Lord, my site’s been down for a week!
I’m starting to regret getting my own domain/host…
plus I’ve lost content from the last few weeks. I think I can re-retrieve my posts later, but recent comments seem to be wiped. My inner-geek found a way to get it all back.
I’ll be backup regularly from [...]

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