When it comes to religion, many are like the ones Paul encountered in Athens. They “spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new” (Acts 17:21). While it may seem interesting or exciting to follow after the next new thing, the pursuit of these new things keeps us from remaining on the […]
“Hold fast the pattern of sound words” (2 Tim. 1:13). This was Paul’s instruction to a young evangelist. Like most other instructions we read in the New Testament, it is just as applicable to us today as it was to Timothy in the first century. But not all of these instructions are emphasized much today.
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Ironically, ecclesiastical language has created many false concepts about the ekklesia. “Ekklesia” is the Greek word for “church.” “Ek” means “out,” and “klesia” (klesis) means “a call.” Together they mean the “called out ones.” The universal church is composed of the saved of all the earth. They have been called out of sin and into fellowship with
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