Building on the Foundation

We’ve covered this particular topic previously on the blog , but I’m studying through the subject of church leadership again, so I thought I’d take the time to do a quick overview of the subject of deacons. There are a few major questions that pop up to create division in the body, the calendar and Holy Days being two of the main ones, ironically.    Now, as far as the leadership structure in the church goes, there is really only one level of government: the elders, who do the work of oversight.  We’re not getting into that today; we’re only going to look at what a deacon is, because many Churches have made the role of deacon into a rank above the rest of the body or a title, which it is not.  First, every man and woman should be God’s deacon. It may surprise you to hear me say that, given what I’ve written about men and women in the past, but it’s true.  John 12:26 NKJV - "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. ...

Updated: 4/1/2025 I'll just preface this article by saying that what one reader pointed out in the comments is true (mostly, as it regards authority in the congregation), and I'd recommend reading the post on Authority in the Church before you read this one. The leadership principles laid out in this post apply almost exclusively to the family structure rather than the congregation, since there is no hierarchy in the congregation. However, these principles are very valuable for leadership in the family structure, where there is a hierarchy. I was mistaken about that, and I tried to edit the areas where I mentioned authority on the congregation, but I might not have found all of them. That's why I recommend the article on church authority, because it will make it crystal clear that there is no hierarchy in the congregation. - KB  In modern Christianity, there is a fundamental misunderstanding surrounding the topic of leadership and authority, especially in the family, but i...

  I originally wrote this post as a sermonette, in fact, it was the very first sermonette I ever gave. A decent amount of time has passed since then, and the issues that spawned the original have become even more prevalent, that is, men and women abandoning the roles God has given them in favor of easier roles that don't work well together. There is nothing easy about the roles God has ordained for men and women, and there has been a concerted effort since the beginning of time to destroy them because by destroying them you can destroy the family and society at large which is the full aim of feminism.  Among Christian circles, the story of Deborah has more or less become the poster child of that effort as if one story invalidates everything else the Bible has to say about the topic of men and women. Sadly, the story of Deborah is actually very much the opposite of what these factions claim, and it is a terrible disservice to the incredible Christian woman she actually was when...