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 ...
Read More »This Too Shall Pass -Enduring Trials Through The Spirit
Are any of you going through a mass amount of suffering at this time? Are you going through issues that seem so overwhelming that you feel as if you can’t breathe from the stress or the angst in your heart and soul? It happens – and it just so happens ...
Read More »Biblical Christian Marriage Commitment
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 But God’s Word doesn’t. A recent survey (The Hill) reported that two in five young adults consider marriage an outdated tradition.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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Still Learning At Ninety-Five: An Interview
Palma G. is a lovely 95-years young Eucharistic Minister at a Catholic church in Staten Island- one of five boroughs located in New York City. The other boroughs are Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Manhattan. Palma is a “7 day a week in attendance for mass Catholic” as she so aptly ...
Read More »