Prophets reveal God's heart to His people, giving guidance to individuals and the body, giving revelation, as well as interpretation, application and timing. We see several examples in the book of Act...  Read More

Apostles are called and sent by Christ to have the spiritual authority, character, gifts and abilities to reach and establish people in Kingdom truth and order, especially through founding and oversee...  Read More

The apostle Paul describes the kind of leaders God has provided for His church. These leaders help the church grow up. God wants maturity and Christ-likeness for His children. In 1 Corinthians 12:28, ...  Read More

As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, John answered them all, saying, ‘I baptize you with water, but he who is mi...  Read More

Baptism is a one-time declaration of a lifetime of devotion to God. No scholar or saint can fully appreciate what this moment means in heaven. Any words on baptism, including these, must be seen as hu...  Read More

Baptism is a beautiful act in which we step into our future and declare we are identifying with Jesus in His death and resurrection. It’s stepping into what God says is true about us. Of course Jesus ...  Read More

In your Baptism, you have received the full forgiveness of all your sin. It has been washed away entirely. Additionally, you’ve been given the Holy Spirit, who now dwells in you, guiding and animating...  Read More

Baptism isn’t something we thought up because we imagined it would be a cool invention. Baptism is a part of our life together as God’s people because Jesus gave Baptism to us as a gift. He commands h...  Read More

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”John 3:16The story of salvation starts with God’s people making a huge er...  Read More

Jesus has taken all of the world’s sin on himself, the one final sacrifice for all people, for all time. The things we do in life will never change what Jesus did on the cross. As we go through the Or...  Read More

“Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses theirlife for me will find it.”Matthew 16:25The life of Christian discipleship aims to follow the pattern of dying to self every day. ...  Read More

Even though each one of us is a beautiful creation of the Lord, there are also offensive ways inside us that need to be dealt with. After the fall into sin, described in Genesis 3, we human beings con...  Read More