Before Jesus left this earth, he entrusted the gospel ministry to the apostles, but to whom did the apostles entrust it before they departed? The answer found in Acts 20:17-35 is that they entrusted ministry to the elders of the church. In fact, elders are not only God’s design for the church but also essential to its well-being.
The solution to unhealthy competition in marriage is to live out the pattern of Christ and the church.
In the Proverbs, two women invite us to dine with them and embrace them, Lady Wisdom and Woman Folly.
Since James is the likely the oldest writing of the New Testament, it appears from James 4:1-17 that church conflicts have been around almost...