The Excommunicated Martin Luther Gets Married Luther saw marriage, not celibacy vows, as the preferred option for most clergy As Martin Luther’s ordeal wore on, he eventually left the castle where he was hiding. He returned to Wittenberg, some...
Exploring Church Staff from a Biblical Perspective Stop Paying Clergy and Ministry Staff to Do What We’re Supposed to Do Ourselves In part one of Embrace a Fresh Perspective about Church we looked at adopting a new, biblically enlightened view on...
3 Ways Jesus Changes Our Perspectives about Church Discover the Revolutionary Way Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament When we consider that Jesus came to fulfill the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets, what’s important to understand is...
The Old Testament Approach to Church and Worshiping God Moses Presents a Model for Connecting with God When God gives Moses the Law, he sets three key expectations for worship, along with a lengthy set of mind-numbing details to guide the...
Do We Have a Positive Influence on Others or a Negative One? The Evil Queen, Her Good-Bad Grandson, and the Influential Priest In today’s passage we read about Queen Athaliah, her grandson Joash, and the priest Jehoiada. Here’s their story. The...
A Kingdom of Priests God Is Still Waiting for Us to Obey Him and Minister to Others It’s interesting to connect the Old Testament with the New Testament, to see what changes and what remains the same. Let’s look at what God says about his people...
Pursue Community Bible Study Personal Bible Study is Essential; Group Bible Study is Even Better When I study the Bible, it’s usually by myself. Though I seek the Holy Spirit to guide me, I seldom have the input of other people. Though there’s...
How Many High Priests Are Named in the Bible? The Bible talks about priests, chief priests, and high priest What’s the difference between priests, chief priests, and high priests? From Mark 14:53 we see there are several chief priests but only...
What Does the New Testament Say About Temples and Priests? Through Jesus we become his priests and his temple, which should change everything In the Old Testament the people go to the temple to encounter God. The priests help them in this; they...
Do You Know You Are a Priest? As followers of Jesus we become his priests; it’s time to start acting like it Aside from sharing my first name, I like Peter in the Bible. His concise writing packs a lot of practical teaching into his two short...
