People, especially church people, hear and have heard the word, “ministry.” It translates the Greek word, diakonia , a noun that is found thirty-four times in the New Testament. There are many related words, including the verb form, diakoneo , which means, “to serve.” In a general way, the term translated “ministry” means “service,” which is sometimes also how the King James Version (KJV) translates the word. “Ministry” is also related to “minister,” diakonos , which the KJV...

The Lord Jesus Christ says in John 7:24, “Judge righteous judgment.” This contradicts the idea that someone shouldn’t judge – just the opposite. When Jesus says what He says, He provides a contrasting judgment to the religious leaders in Israel in the early first century. The Lord in the imperative commands to judge, but in a different manner than these hypocrites. First, He desires a different standard than them, not a superficial one based on mere outward circumstances. Instead, judge...

With the election of President Trump and what that meant to freedom of biblical speech, belief, and practice in the United States, I said that it gave the nation a reprieve. I say this in the same sense of the opportunity that Israel had when the Persian emperor Cyrus allowed and helped Israel to return to the land and rebuild the walls and the temple. Cyrus allowed this, used as an instrument of God. With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I believe this afforded another and greater...