Tag: Bible For Today

The gifted individuals Paul lists is for equipping the church when it is assembled so that it can live like the church when it is dispersed.

One of the first conflicts in the fledgling church involved ethnic prejudice. Believers in the church’s majority culture overlooked the needs of those from a different cultural background.

No other organization or institution on Earth is like the church. Whether your church is large or small, its power or effectiveness doesn’t depend on material resources.

God cares about the life of the church, and we must seek God’s guidance no matter how mundane the decision may seem to be.

The nature of the church’s task requires the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. No matter how persuasive our message might be, ultimately it is the Spirit who convicts people of their sins.

The church is not a religious club but an army with the power to liberate others from the power of hell and death through the proclamation of the gospel.

Assembly is central to the church’s identity. The church is not a building but the gathering of those who have been joined to Jesus Christ by faith.

God’s vision of community looks like a family. The first step in finding your place in God’s plan for the church is to enter into a relationship with Him by faith.

Scripture returns us to the shepherd imagery, and to the foundation for the entire letter: Jesus Christ, “that great Shepherd of the sheep.”

Endurance is also required for us to focus on Jesus. Christ Himself offered the perfect sacrifice and “suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.”