#31 Kansas City Korean Baptist Church
My good friend Samad, who is ethnically half Korean and half Pakistani, invited me to visit Kansas City Korean Baptist Church. While it was preferable to attend a church that worships in English, I did not want to pass upon the opportunity to hear the saints worship in a language that I did not speak…
#27 Baptist Ecclesiology
This short essay will concern itself with the ecclesiology of the Baptist denomination. However, it will follow Scriptural prescriptions and doctrines found within the Bible. It will examine the church’s views on its purpose, membership, disciplinary action, leadership, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, its relationship with other churches, and its relationship with the state and politics…
#24 The Church as an Automobile
The church is a lot like an automobile. It comprises parts that work together to carry passengers down the road. Similarly, the church as a body is made up of parts…
#17 Evaluation of Church Offices
Scriptural texts like 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 14, and Ephesians 4 make it clear that the body of Christ comprises various parts. These parts are due to different gifts the Lord gave His people…
#14 Maturity & Unity: Ephesians 4:7-16
Ephesians 4:7-16 is a wonderful passage that explains how Jesus gifted the church with the Apostles and elders in order for them to be “[His] assistants [in] shepherding His churches.” By examining this section of Scripture, readers will come to understand that Christ is the chief administrator over all other administrators, including the administrators and leaders He establishes…
#3 The Roles and Responsibilities of Husbands and Wives in Genesis 2-3 and the Whole Bible
Genesis 2-3 is a beautiful story where God’s faithfulness, care, and atoning for sin are first revealed. Many people are probably familiar with this first propitiatory sacrifice of God on behalf of men and women: “[t]he Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them” (Gen 3:21)…
The Gospel
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)…