In the Bible a “fool” is not the simple or unintelligent but the morally condemned, and Scripture marks out four classes — the atheist, the ignorant church member, the rich fool, and the “wise fool” who knows God’s will and will not do it, the last…
The eldership did not pass away with the age of miraculous gifts; because elders were not inspired men but qualified men, because their work of feeding and ruling the flock is still needed, and because God ordained the office and never repealed it, the eldership continues…
The New Testament reveals no single method for selecting elders, only that they were appointed; therefore any method that does not violate a New Testament principle and that promotes unity may be used — but not a popular vote, which divides rather than appoints. The outline…
God has placed elders in the church, named the office, and specified its qualifications in two lists — 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 — which overlap and complete each other, together drawing the full portrait of the man fit to shepherd God’s flock. This lesson…
The church is a divine-human institution: its strength is wholly in its divine element — God’s plan, Christ’s blood, His headship, the Spirit’s indwelling — and its weakness is wholly in its human element, the frail members who carry the work; so the cure for the…
The decisive question about the second coming is not when but why — and Scripture answers plainly: Christ comes not to set up an earthly kingdom but to complete the church, end every agency of salvation, close the church’s ordinances and His own intercession, raise and…
The New Testament church had a simple, God-given organization — apostles in the foundation age, then elders (a plurality overseeing each congregation), deacons who serve, and evangelists who preach — with Christ alone as Head and no office above the local church. The New Testament never…
False doctrine is one of Satan’s sharpest weapons. This sermon shows how Christians must use Scripture as their shield against religious error, emotional arguments, human authority, and salvation doctrines that contradict the word of God.
A study of biblical authority in worship, asking whether mechanical instruments are authorized in New Testament praise. The sermon argues from God’s pattern, approved examples, and the command to sing with the heart.
A sermon by Ed Rangel from Ephesians, exploring Scripture and its application to Christian life and faith.