Let's look at the word faith. Too often, it is simplified to a basic acknowledgement of belief, but this word is so much richer! To illustrate this, let's look at how John uses the term in his Gospel, how Paul uses it in Romans, and how it is used by the writer of Hebrews.

Scripture References: John 20:30-31, John 1:12-13, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 6:35, Romans 1:16-17, Romans 3:21-23, Romans 4:1-5, Romans 1:5, Hebrews 10:35-39 

It's part 2 of our discussion about Elders. We look deeper into the passages with the qualifications of elders, discuss the uncomfortable concept of disqualification of an elder, and the reality that many practical steps for appointing or installing elders will be based on opinion rather than clear biblical instruction. We hope you will study along with us, and encourage you to go back to part 1 to hear the full conversation.

Scripture References: Exodus 18, Exodus 28-29, Numbers 27:15-20, Acts 6:3-6, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 5:17-25, 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, Acts 20:27-31, 1 Timothy 3:14-15

We recieve numerous questions about elders, deacons, and the process of appointing or electing them. It would be impossible to answer them all because many are specific to a congregational situations and often rely on opinion rather than direct instruction from the Bible. In this first of two discussions, Dan and Jed will discuss how many elders or deacons a congregation should have, how the term elder is used throughout the Bible, why Dan doesn't see Peter as a congregational elder, and who passages in Titus and Timothy are addressing when Paul discusses the need for rebuking false teaching and sin. It's a lot and that's not even half the questions!

Scripture References: Exodus 18, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 3:1, 1 Peter 5:1-4, 2 John 1, 1 Timothy 5:1-2, 3 John 1, Titus 2:1-6, Titus 1:5-6, Acts 15:1-2, Acts 14:21-23, Titus 1:13, 2 Timothy 2:24-25

3 years ago we had a discussion on Public Confession and how that relates directly or indirectly to the tradition of coming down front after a worship service. Lately we have gotten several questions, comments, and criticisms related to that particular conversation. In this video, we hope to address as many of those things as possible, but as always, we welcome your continued interaction with this study of God's word and our desire to be repentant in God's sight.

Scripture References: Joshua 7:10-26, 2 Samuel 12:1-23, Psalm 32, 1 Samuel 13:8-15, 1 Samuel 15, 1 Corinthians 5, Matthew 18:15-20, 2 Corinthians 2:6-11 & 7:10-13, Galatains 6:1-2, James 5:16, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 5:16, Acts 5:1-11, Acts 8:21-24, Luke 18:13-14

Several listeners have sent in questions about the role or office of the preacher. So, what is a preacher? Where does their authority or the role itself come from? The letters to Timothy do a lot to inform us on this subject; so, open your Bibles and join us in today's conversation.

Scripture References: 1 Timothy 3:1, 2 Timothy 4:5, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 4:11, Ephesians 4:8,11-12, 1 Corinthians 14:26, 

When Jude mentions Enoch in his letter, it leaves many modern readers with questions. More than likely, you are one of those people. So, what is the Book of Enoch? Is it scripture? If it's mentioned in the Bible, why do many of us know little to nothing about it? We aren't going to go into all the details, but hopefully this conversation will be a good introduction to extrabiblical writings. As always, let us know if you have more questions on this subject.

Scripture References: Jude 14-15

Particular numbers seem to show up quite a few times in the Bible. Is there anything significant about those numbers? If so, how do we know what they mean?

Scripture Reference: John 17:20-21, Ephesians 4:4, Ephesians 2:16, 2 Cor. 13:14, Ezekiel 1:5-14, Revelation 21:16, Revelation 6:1-8, Revelation 7:1, Matthew 19:28, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 7:3-8, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 21:10-17, Revelation 22:2, Ezekiel 47:12, Revelation 5:5-6, Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:17-18, Revelation 22:8-9

Here's our question all the way from Australia! " Is all of life worship? Many argue that OT worship was restricted to cultic practices associated with the Temple, but NT worship consists of all our activities since we have God dwelling with us always and we are the Temple. If so, is there a difference between worship in the assembly and worship in day-to-day lives?" It's a big and important question. We tried to approach it with a zoomed out view, but if you'd like us to get a little closer to a particular aspect just let us know!

Scripture Reference: Romans 12:1-2, Romans 7:25, Genesis 4:25-26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 21:33, Psalm 100, Psalm 42:1-2 

The devil is in the details is a common phrase, but is God there too? Does God care about the details of how we live our lives? You may have heard that when we are baptized into Christ we become a new man, but we often want to know how that happens and what that really looks like in our daily life. If we call ourselves Christians, do we truly have to be different from the world around us? Dan and Jed look into words from Jesus and the apostles to help understand this question.

Scripture Reference: Matthew 23:23, Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 7:24, Romans 6:1-14, Colossians 2 & 3, Ephesians 4:17-32, Matthew 6:10, Ephesians 5:15-17, Ephesians 4:8-12

Have you been called to ministry? Do you feel God has called you to a certain path in life? Were you called to be a Christian? Well, it depends how you mean that word. Like many words in English, we have one word to represent several words from the Greek and Hebrew. Let's explore some passages from God's Word to better understand the word "called" and what it really means in our walk with Christ.

Scripture References: Galatians 1:15, Jeremiah 1:4-5, Acts 9:15, John 15:16, 1 Corinthians 1:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14, Luke 14:12-24, Matthew 22:14, Ephesians 4:8-12,