- Follow Wisdomforlife on WordPress.com
Categories
-
- 1,837,359 (welcomed visits)
Blogroll
- Arts & Letters
- Audio Journal (Mars Hill)
- Beyond Religion
- Books and Culture
- Claremont Institute
- Credenda
- Culture
- David B. Hart
- Encyclopedia of Western Theology
- Ethics and Public Policy
- ETS
- Evangelical Outpost
- Evangelical Philosophical Society
- Evangelical Textual Criticism
- FaithWorld
- Great Resources
- Heritage Foundation
- Institue for Science
- James K.A. Smith
- John Owen
- Journals for Biblical Studies
- Koinonia
- Mere Comments
- Monergism
- Moo
- Nine Marks
- One Place: Listen in
- Online Journals
- Operation World
- Peacemakers
- Philosophy (Christian)
- Plantinga
- Probe
- Questions
- Questions about Creation
- Questions about Creation 2
- Reasonable Faith
- Reformed Perspectives
- Relevant
- Resource counseling
- Science and Religion
- Spurgeon
- The Briefing
- thecssr
- Themelios Journal
- Theos
- theotherjournal
- Westminster Confession
- Witherspoon Institute
- WordPress.com
- WordPress.org
- World
- Worship House
- Yale Center
Creeds of the Faith
- Apostles' Creed
- Athanasian Creed (500 AD)
- Baptist Confession (1689)
- Belgic Confession (1561)
- Biblical Creeds
- Canons of Dordt
- Council of Chalcedon (451 AD)
- Council of Orange (529 AD)
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- London Baptist Confession (1644)
- Nicene Creed (381 A.D.)
- Nottingham Statement (1977)
- Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742)
- Scottish Confession (1560)
- Westminister Confession
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
Category Archives: Church discipline
A neglected ministry in the Church
Fellowship is more than unconditional love that wraps its arms around someone who is hurting. It is also tough love that hold one fast to the truth and the pursuit of righteousness. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Local Church
Tagged Accountability, church life, Fellowship
Leave a comment
You thought you were serving God
We set ourselves against God if we wrongly convince ourselves and others that… Continue reading
Church: belonging and removal
Is it possible to be so casual about what it means to belong to a Church that belonging loses its effectiveness and removal becomes irrelevant? Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, elders in the Church, Leadership, Local Church, Qualifications for leadership, Wisdom
Tagged church leadership, Church Membership, I Corinthians 5
Leave a comment
A closer look at accountability
What is accountability and how should we practice it in the local church? Is everyone accountable in the same way? Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, attitudes of unity, Church, Church discipline, Church Leadership, Church membership, Community, Conflict, Elders, elders in the Church, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Pastors, Unity, Wisdom
Tagged Accountability in the Church, How to practice accountability?, What is accoutability?
Leave a comment
13 red flags identifying antagonists
The 13 red flags provide training material for equipping Church leaders and members in discerning the presence of antagonistic people. Continue reading
Posted in Antagonists, attitudes of unity, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Community, Conflict, Confrontation, covenant of membership, elders in the Church, Local Church, Unity, Wisdom
Tagged dealing with trouble makers in the church, divisive people, Unity in the Church
1 Comment
Another urgent question for the Church
How can we proclaim and celebrate a gospel of grace and forgiveness while enforcing standards of morality — without becoming… Continue reading
Protecting the unity of the Church
They key to unity in the Church is not the removal of all conflict. This will only be realized in heaven! The key is a reconciling spirit in the hearts of God’s people. Continue reading
Posted in Antagonists, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Community, Complaining, Conflict, Debatable Matters, Disciple-making, Diversity, Pastors, Unity
Tagged conflict in the church, Disunity in the Church, Unity in the Church
2 Comments
Conflict – an opportunity to grow stronger
The key to unity in a family or Church is not the removal of all conflict but a deeply shared commitment to work through our differences and pursue reconciliation based on God’s love for us in Christ. Continue reading
Posted in Broken Relationships, Christian life, Church, Church discipline, Church Leadership, Church membership, Conflict, Divorce, Family life, Fathers, Gospel-centered, Grace, Judging others, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Love, Marital Separation, Marriage, Radical love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Small Group leaders, Spiritual inventory, Unity
Tagged arguments, Church unity, divided church, Family getting along with each other, fighting, Small group, unity
2 Comments
10 Reasons for Church Membership
Does it really matter if I am a member of a Church? Continue reading
Confrontation – a service of mercy
When we allow nothing but God’s Word to stand between us, judging and helping, it is a service of mercy, an ultimate offer of genuine community. Continue reading