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Church Leadership, Part 2 – Caring For Widows

In addition to the qualifications for church overseers like elders and deacons discussed in my previous article, 1 Timothy 5: 3-16 gives instructions concerning widows. “Honor widows who are truly widows…She who is truly a widow, left all alone…If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care ...

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Biblical Christian Marriage Commitment

Bride and groom exchanging rings

Customs and ideas about marriage change over the years.  But God’s Word doesn’t. A recent survey (The Hill)  reported that two in five young adults consider marriage an outdated tradition. Another study from the Institute for Family Studies found that nearly 80% of teens expect to cohabit before marriage.  In ...

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Biblical Qualifications For Church Leaders

The church I attend recently installed a new elder. So that brought to mind the biblical qualifications for elders, deacons, and overseers in general. Selecting church leaders must not be taken lightly! They help the pastor in meeting the material, emotional, and spiritual needs of the congregation so he can ...

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In Praise of Those Who Encourage

Acts 11:24 For Barnabas was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: “You ought to think about setting up a website” she encouraged me. Inwardly I groaned. Writing is my passion, not creating a website. My friend, the eternal optimist, continued, “It’s not hard and ...

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