Teacher

What is a True Teacher?

Don Enevoldsen May 17, 2012May 11, 2016 Articles, Word Studies 4 Comments

by Jason Finizza Words. We use them to communicate desires, needs, hurts, and joys. We use them to build up and we use them to tear down. We use them to preserve control and to manipulate. We also use them

Leadership Titles

Don Enevoldsen May 7, 2012May 11, 2016 Articles, Word Studies 3 Comments

No one in the leadership of the early church was called by the title “Pastor.” The word used was poimen, a shepherd or herdsman. Metaphorically it implied a leader who could feed, guard and otherwise tend the flock. The title

The Fivefold Ministry

Don Enevoldsen April 5, 2012May 11, 2016 Articles, Questioning Church Authority 12 Comments

Part 4 of the Series: Questioning Church Authority by Don Enevoldsen Every time Dan approached we knew what to expect. “I just had a great sermon idea,” he said nearly every time I saw him. Dan was a fellow Bible

Call No One Master

Don Enevoldsen March 30, 2012May 11, 2016 Articles, Questioning Church Authority 36 Comments

Part 3 of the Series: Questioning Church Authority by Don Enevoldsen My experience with church leaders and their desire for titles indicates that the spirit of the Pharisees is alive and well—and that we are all susceptible to its influence.