Is Church Membership a Requirement?

This week, we read through Ephesians 6. I can almost guarantee that you’ve seen a coffeemug, Instagram post, or letterman jacket sporting a verse from this chapter of the book.Alongside John 3:16 and Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 6’s “Armor of God” subsection is probably one of the most commonly cited passages in all of the Bible. Instead of covering that portion of Ephesians 6, however, I’d like to...

It is vital for us as Christians to rightly read, interpret, and teach the Bible. Paul likens false teaching to staff infection. He tells Timothy, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like ga...

When life gets big, it's easy for our fickle hearts and minds to make God seem small. In Job’s story, his life got big and scary very quickly. Throughout his journey, God didn’t speak to him until the last five chapters of the book. God’s speech to Job didn’t offer explanations for his suffering, rather He reminded Job of who He is and how sovereign and powerful He is. In every season, it’s good t...