Voices Of Faith Articles

God said this to the nation that he had chosen as his own special possession in the Old Testament, “what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD.” (Deuteronomy 10:12).Now consider our nation: No fear of the Lord, a wholesale…

​In Reformed churches, children do not have “responsibilities” such as specific roles in the worship service or congregational life. They are, however, joyfully counted as members of the congregation and are encouraged, within the limits of their growing and developing understanding and abilities, to know and believe all that the Bible teaches as they are taught it by parents and the church, to learn what it means to worship God both privately and corporately and to grow in the grace…

​I’d say first that many religious schools aren’t any better than secular ones. True Christian schools, however, are far better than secular ones in that, by definition, they carry on the work of education within a biblical worldview, one that, understanding the need for true excellence in education, relates everything that is taught to the truths of God’s word; that all of creation declares the glory of God, and math and science an order which only makes sense in God’s…

​If inclusiveness here means welcoming all types of people at church, or recognizing the value of all types of people, then yes. One of the most basic tenets of Christianity is that all people are truly created equal, that every single person, of every stripe, every race, sex, color, social or economic position, is created in the image of God and therefore valuable, and that every single person is responsible to God, born fallen and in bondage to sin, and…

Spiritual maturity is measured by one’s likeness to Christ. Of course, it goes (almost) without saying that no likeness to Christ is possible at all as long as a person has no real faith-based relationship with him. That is, spiritual maturity is not even an issue when one is spiritually dead.​For a Christian, though, likeness to Christ is the goal of our election (Romans 8:29) and the purpose of the work of the Holy Spirit in us. Viewed from another…

God, who created all things, who instituted the family, and whose wisdom infinitely exceeds ours, has given us his direction regarding child-rearing, and that includes corporal punishment. Proverbs 13:24; 22:15; 23:14; 29:15, 17; and Hebrews 12:7 all speak of the wisdom of such loving, measured punishment. The bible does not condone abuse, of course, but neither does it agree with those who equate all forms of corporal punishment with abuse. Many today have more and more turned away from God’s…

This question comes right from the pages of the Bible. In the record of his interaction with a certain man, Jesus, after summarizing all of God’s law in two great commandments; love God with all your being, and love your neighbor as yourself, is asked this very question, “and who is my neighbor?” Jesus answers with a story about a man who was attacked by robbers along the road and left for dead. Three people of three different social classes…

Good leaders certainly will have the ability to lead, they will also have a clear idea of the destination to which they are leading people and of the best path by which to arrive there. In the realm of the church, for those who would be leaders of God’s people, God himself has given qualifications and qualities in the Bible which give priority to character traits. To summarize, a leader in Christ’s church must be above reproach and well thought…