Tag: ELDERS

CELIBACY

It is not uncommon to read reports  of priests’ involvement in sexual sin.  It sometimes also occurs with others.  Why is this so much more prevalent  among Catholic priests than among  other church leaders? The cure is found  when the cause is discovered. As the  old farmer once said, “Kill the spider so  his cobweb

EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH VS. THE BIBLE

There is much controversy now  about the Episcopal Church. If you  look in your Bible, it is not there at all  because it did not have its beginning  until 1531 A.D., 1500 years too late  to be Christ’s church. Look at these  differences: 1. One bishop rules over several  churches in a “Diocesan Episcopacy.”  In

HYPHENATED — CHRISTIANS

God spoke through the prophet  700 years before Christ and said His  people would be called by a “new  name that the mouth of the Lord will  bestow” (Isaiah 62:2). The only new  name for God’s people is Christian.  This name appears 3 times in the  Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; I Peter 4:11.  God gave

ELDERS MUST

Leaders in the church who are appointed  to be elders must meet all of God’s  qualifications. By virtue of their greater  age and experience they are to oversee,  shepherd, rule the local church of Christ  (read I Tim 3:1-7; Tit 1:5-9; Acts 20:17-  32; Heb 13:17; I Pet 5:1 -3). Although this  office is defined