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. ...

A question I have wrestled with for a while, as many have in the Church of God, is the definition of “between the evenings.” Most of the arguments regarding “between the evenings” are based on historical records, which are then used to work backward into the Bible to arrive at a definition.  Some of the other writers on this blog have undertaken to write about this, and until now, I have largely remained silent on the topic simply because I have not studied it for myself.  I was one of those who took others' papers on the topic and relied on historical sources to define what “between the evenings” actually meant, so this is no judgment of those who do the same. The main question I wanted to examine is whether or not, by strictly using Scripture, it’s possible to define the term “between the evenings.” My conclusion is that it is indeed possible to define the terms solely based on Scripture, and it’s not even that complicated. I realize this post may be quite controversial...