Some Steps Toward Discernment – How to Prepare Yourself for the Danger of False Teachers
We are spending a few weeks walking through the implications of 2 Peter 2. This chapter is a stern warning about the danger of false teachers. Peter is loving the church by sharing hard words. Sometimes the most loving thing a person can do is to warn and the most positive thing a person can […]
Genesis Kids – Changes that Start Next Week
Change is inevitable, but often challenging. As our ministry to children grows, we have an exciting and challenging season ahead of us as we change some things in our age groupings and locations for Genesis Kids. These changes will take affect on Sunday March 2. So here is the game plan. 1. We will be […]
Old Testament in 10 Minutes, New Testament in 10 Minutes
Reading and understanding the Bible can be challenging. The Bible is telling one grand narrative about God’s redemption and rescue of His people. But that grand story is filled with a number of smaller stories along with other literature and teaching. There are laws, poems, prophetic writings and sermons, wisdom sayings, and commentary wrapped into […]
Jesus and the New Testament Writers – What is the Basis of their Authority to Write Scripture
I recently had a conversation with a friend about the Canon of the New Testament and the authority of the writers who wrote the New Testament documents. In our conversation I said that the Apostles had a commission from Jesus to write His Word, but that authority ended with their death. My friend asked me […]
New City Catechism – Great Resource for Training our Kids and Ourselves
As we start the New Year we want to point families to a terrific resource. A catechism is a summary of the key doctrines and beliefs held by Christians intended to train people in the faith. Going way back to the early times in church history catechisms have been used to train children and those […]
