Unity, Equality and Significance
Galatians 3:26 - 28 26 for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. 27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus....
The Other Plumb Line: you guessed it – Different Roles in the Church
Acts 1:15-26 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to...
Plumb lines for the Church
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! Colossians 3:9b -10 you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge...
Home Economics or Shop?
Last January I witnessed a conversation between one of my daughters and my 89 year-old father. My dad was telling some stories about his youth, and he brought up that when he went to high school, all female students were required to take home economics and all male...
A Response to the Kavanaugh Proceedings
Over the last few weeks, much of the country was in turmoil over the Kavanaugh hearings. Regardless of whether you are on the left, right, or center, chances are you have been unhappy at some point. We Christians have an obligation to put the Bible, and not our...
What Submission has meant for me
Welcome back! We’ve enjoyed our summer rest and are excited to get back to regular blogging. During our break, I had the opportunity to hear a bit of feedback on topics yet to be covered. Chief among those topics is the subject of women in the church. We are getting...