Not domineering

This past Sunday we concluded our short series on church polity or governance by considering the role of elders. The Bible calls elders “shepherds,” giving us a wonderful image of their role towards their congregation: to guide, feed, protect, tend to, care for, and...

Church leadership accountable to God

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 This past week we covered 1 Corinthians 4:1-5. The immediate context of the passage is...

The problem with a personalized, curated faith

One of the defining characteristics of our age is the vast opportunities for personalization. You can go to Burger King and “Have it Your Way.” Spotify will curate music just for you. Netflix will do the same with movies and shows, Amazon with books (or anything “from...

For our benefit and our boasting

so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”1...

How (not) to use worldly wisdom

Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. (1 Corinthians 1:20b-21) This past Sunday, our sermon text...