On Sunday I announced our Council of Elders has called an ordination council for Will. We’ve all heard the word, but what is ordination? Quite simply, it is the authoritative act of consecrating a person for vocational ministry. The ordinand—the one being ordained—is set apart for vocational ministry. Both elders and deacons can be ordained,…

We gather every Sunday morning for worship—corporate worship. We often miss that word when speaking of “Sunday worship”, as if worship were a Sunday-only thing. What makes worship on Sundays distinct is we worship corporately, or as the body of Christ. It is that unique experience in the life of the church when the Lord…

We are forgetful. We forget the Lord at the strangest times, often relying on our own strength when we have an incredible track record of God’s faithfulness to see. Peter tells his readers he is making every effort to keep them from forgetting, even writing enduring and holy Scripture for future generations. We’ve all seen…

Several prominent voices within the Southern Baptist Convention are in a bit of an uproar. For example, Al Mohler is the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and for him, the line is clear: a woman dared to be on a podcast in which she answered questions about a sermon she did not preach.…

You’ve probably encountered the claim at some point. It’s often made by those who can sound authoritative and knowledgeable, for they are “enlightened”. The problem with the claim is simple: it isn’t true. The claim is this: “the church” removed books from the Bible early on so as to prevent people from having the full…