The Church: Ministry Right Out in the Open
Let us embrace Paul's notion that the church is a community in which we not only tolerate each other's differences, but are glad for them.
Commandments for Ministers
Malachi spoke to the ministers of his day, and laid down some "Commandments for Ministers."
Doctrine: On Heaven
Sooner or later, we will leave this world and, so far, I've never met anyone who did not want to go to heaven when he leaves.
Ministry: The Motivation of Our Ministry Text: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18; 5:1-15
The ministry to which we are called is the preaching of "the glorious gospel of Christ" (4:4). As evangelists, teachers, pastors, and laymen, we must be divinely motivated, if our ministry is to be effective. Paul proceeds to outline the threefold motivation of our ministry, the first being HOPE, which he defines as and "eternal weight of glory."