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Contemporary Church Government
Chapter Three: Contemporary Church Government We have discussed what Scripture tells us about early church government, yet it's clear that few churches are governed the same way today. In most situations we have "evolved"— or perhaps "devolved"— into forms of...
Church Government, part 2
The Character of Elders The writers of the New Testament have much to say about church elders, but their emphasis is not on what these church leaders should do, but on what sort of people they should be. In fact, writes Roy Zuck, "contrary to the notion that the...
Church Government, part 1
Chapter Two: Biblical Church Government True story: I was teaching at a writer's conference and I met a woman who'd heard that I was working on a book about the church. She told me she had been on staff at a large church, and she published a book for women, a natural...
What is the church?
Personal note: I wrote these posts months ago, and I'm not as hurt as I was--I'm more a thinker than a feeler, anyway. Now I'm more focused on figuring out what to do about these kinds of situations and what the proper biblical response is. And no matter what I'm...
Wounded by the Church
You may recall that a few months ago I was working on a book called "Wounded by the Church," thinking that I would use it for my Th.D. dissertation. Well, I handed in my proposal, only to find that it wasn't nearly "academic" enough . . . sigh. There's a definite...
The Short Story Contest Winners!
This morning I heard from our last short story judge, and I am happy to announce the top six winners, all of whom will have their stories included in Stories from Passing Strangers: Sharing a moment can forever change a life. Our top-scoring winner was Garry Hojan,...
What’s Happening with the Short Story Contest?
First I'd like to thank the eleven brave souls who submitted a short story for the Passing Strangers contest. It takes courage to put your work "out there," so I want to honor your hard work as best I can. On October first, I took all the short stories and took off...
David as the Godfather
So yesterday I was finishing up my second draft of the Bathsheba story. And I came to the scene where David called Solomon to his bedside to charge him with various "after I'm gone" tasks. And as I read through 1 Kings chapter 2, I couldn't help chuckling, because in...
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