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Excommunication is the most severe expression of formal spiritual pronouncement in the process of church discipline. Excommunication is not punitive, but rather restorative. The aim of excommunication is to burden the conscience of the unrepentant...

What does the Bible say about mental health? The Bible does not speak of mental health in the same way that we do today, but the concept of mental health is integral to all of Scripture. 

Deborah would play an incredible role in the history of Israel and has gone on to become one of the most influential women in all of Scripture. However, it is not Deborah or Barak, or Jael who deserves glory or praise. They are not worshipped...

What does submissive mean? How do we apply this concept to our lives as Christians and our lives as women of God?

Are you communicating in such a way that your words actually convey biblical truth to your audience?

Why does Moses spend 40 days and nights on the mountain with God? Why does Jesus spend 40 days and nights in the desert? The answer has to do with something specific God was doing, something that we can still learn from today.

Leading entails influencing people to think, say and behave in ways that take them from one place to another. Leading can be formal (you hold a position of authority in a group) or informal (you influence people but don’t hold a position of...

As I wandered aimlessly around Trader Joe's with my wife and daughter, debating how much to tell them until we got home, I knew only that I was momentarily silent. Can I admit that I prayed that everyone else would be, too?

We can learn how to use our emotions in a healthy way. Emotions can either be stepping stones or quicksand. It really depends on how we use them and if we invest the emotional energy they require.

The challenges we face during this pandemic do make being a good neighbor more difficult. But it’s in times of trial that our faith can shine through the darkness more brightly than ever.

If we are to reach our culture with the truth of the gospel, we must deal with these troubling trends that have crept into many of our churches.

Those who believe that the Bible is indeed the inerrant and infallible written revelation of God are obligated to perpetuate and honor the pattern of leadership ordered within the text of Scripture.

Reformation Day is a Protestant holiday that celebrates the Reformation movement begun by Martin Luther in the 16th century.

There’s a new genre of literature that most people have never heard of: “hopepunk.” Coined in 2017 by fantasy author Alexandra Rowland, “hopepunk” was a reaction to a different kind of writing dominating the market that year, a genre that...

On Holy Saturday 2007, cartoonist Johnny Hart died of a stroke while working at his drawing table. Hart was the award-winning creator of the popular comic strips “The Wizard of Id” and “B.C.” which, at one time, reached 100 million readers...

There is a (seemingly) never-ending debate amongst theologians and pastors about the proper form of government for the church. And one of the fundamental flash points in this debate is the practice of the early church.