By Randy Harshbarger In religious circles, the subject of God’s “clergy” and God’s “laity” has received much attention. Although the New Testament says nothing about the subject as it is usually thought of, just a little over one hundred years after the last apostle died, the bishops of the church in each community began exerting unscriptural …
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Abuses of the Pulpit
By Daniel H. King Preachers are among the most privileged people in the world in one sense of the word-they have the exalted honor of standing before the children of men and the people of the Most High as heralds of the good tidings of Christ. Indeed, it is a wonderful thing to be an ambassador …
The Privilege of Proclaiming Christ
By Mike Willis In Eph. 3:8, Paul said, “To me the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christi.” That God called Paul to preach the gospel is, indeed, a manifestation of His grace. Paul’s background demonstrates that he did not earn the right to …
The Lord’s Call For Evangelism
By Johnny Stringer The Lord has called me to be an evangelist. I have received no mysterious, better-felt-than-told feeling, nor any other such special revelation from God calling me to the work of evangelism. But I have most assuredly been called. In the revelation which God gave in the first century and which is recorded in …