Have you ever wondered what Biblical church discipline is? I wonder when you hear the word discipline, what are your first thoughts? Perhaps you envision a parent disciplining their child, and even that form of discipline can take on many different things for different people. Some children have been abused, so they may think in […]

  What do you think is one of the most common complaints that nonchurchgoers have against the church? “The church just wants my money.” Often those complaints are justified, arent they. There are all kinds of churches where every Sunday, the pastor stands up and pressures the people to give more to the church so […]

What is a deacon of a church – The Deacons Role In this message, we will see that whether you are a deacon or not, if you know Christ as Savior, then you are His servant. It is not optional; we don’t get to say, well, I am not going to serve; it is required. […]

What does the Bible say about Church elders? What church elders verses are in the Bible?  How do we know if someone is qualified to be an elder, and what does the Bible say? An elder is a spiritually mature man of integrity as seen in his home life and in his character, who holds […]

This morning we will attempt to tackle a question that plagues many people, including the church, and that is this question “who’s in Charge.” If we were to ask the average person who is in charge of the church, no doubt we would get a plethora of different answers. Perhaps some would answer that the […]

Paul says that there were factions in the church that were contending for predominance. Some of these people were involved in sexual immorality, some of them were drunkards. While this church in Corinth should have had some sort of influence on the pagan culture that surrounded them, the reality was the culture had infiltrated and […]

one of the sad realities of church history is that a subject that should be a unifying one for believers is actually a dividing one. Paul told us in Ephesians 4:5 that there is “one faith, one Lord, and one baptism.” Yet we find ourselves and many godly believers differing on many aspects of “one […]

How many Christians have this thought, “Why join a church? Why not just attend and check it out for a while what’s the point of joining?” Some churches do not even have formal membership; in many of these churches, pastors and elders make all the church decisions. There are never any congregational meetings, and if […]

I want to let you know right up front that we will be looking at 10 traits of a good church. This means I will not be able to go into a great deal of detail on all of these points, but my desire is that we will have a good grasp of what a […]

The Bible tells us “the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.” in 1 John 5:19. According to John 8:44, he is a murderer by nature and intends to destroy those he holds captive. But “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John […]