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 as long as the Christian church has existed. Instead of treating fights as a normal part of church life, this text exposes their causes and provides the solution. Some of the words are blunt, but they are necessary to drive us to God’s grace, which is greater than all our sin.
While Peter correctly identified Jesus as God's Anointed, the disciples still had much to learn about the Anointed's work and what it means to...
In Acts 8:26-40, God took Philip from a growing church to a deserted place to talk about Jesus with one African man who came...
The expression, “the body of Christ,” has become such a common name for the church that we may not reflect upon what it means...