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Organizing Your Church: What the Bible Really Says About Deacons

So what’s right? There are two things we need to answer. First, what is the true Biblical plan for deacons, if we can even retrieve one. Second, what’s the best way to organize the ministries of the church, consistent with … Continue reading

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CENI: A Better Way — The Acts of the Apostles

Let’s try the same thing with Acts. After all, Luke wrote Acts as something of a sequel to his Gospel. Let’s again purge from our minds the notion that Acts is all about baptism. It’s not. Let’s try to take … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: How Do We Decide?

What is the rule in this case? Do we presume a rule or do we presume freedom? What does the Bible say? (Gal. 3:25) Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. Why … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: Deacons (Conclusions)

In conclusion: 1. In the only possible scriptural description of the role of a deacon, Acts 6:1-6, the apostles themselves described the deacons’ jobs, perhaps ironically, as “waiting on tables.” There is no justification for our expanding the role of … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: Arguments for and against female deacons

The scriptural argument normally centers on 1 Timothy 3:11. 11 In the same way, their wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything. As indicated by italics in the KJV, “their” … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: Deacons, Part 1

I refer the reader to the excellent book Deacons: Male and Female? by J. Stephen Sandifer. Sandifer explains in great detail the history of deacons in the synagogues, the early church, and throughout history. The research on which this section … Continue reading

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