Although the word church appears only three times in all of the gospels, in Matthew 16:13-23 and Matthew 18:15-20. However, the church figured large in the mission of the apostles, who they went out and made disciples by starting churches everywhere. By studying these three instances of the word church, we discover that Christ gave authority to his church to open the kingdom of God to those who receive the gospel. The health of Christianity and our own health depend on our recognition of the church’s kingdom authority.
All agree that the Lord’s Supper is a remembrance meal, but it is also communion with the Lord and with each other. In 1...
Dying and rising with Christ through faith transforms wives and husbands and solves the basic problem of marriages.
As Jesus finally approached Jerusalem, he admonished the leaders and affirmed his mission.
