This Psalm gives three reasons to give thanks: 1) it is good to give thanks to the Lord because of who He is and what He has done for us, 2) because the world will eventually be judged, and 3) because He causes His people to flourish. ...

Shepherds are to guard the flock against false teachers. They do this by knowing the truth of the gospel. ...

Elders are called to pay attention to themselves first and then to the flock, in order to shepherd the people they’re responsible for. ...

Paul's exhortation to the Ephesian elders is the key to persevering to the end: to not consider this temporal life as more important than faithfulness to the Lord, and the ministry to which one is called....

Paul’s admonition to the church leaders of Ephesus gives us a model for church leaders and every Christian, as we are called to servanthood, transparency, humility and sound doctrine. ...

Paul was utterly committed to Christ’s church, which led him to revisit the churches in Macedonia and Achaia for the purpose of strengthening the believers and bringing unity to all the churches by collecting an offering for the poor in Jerusalem. ...

The Holy Spirit calls people from the world and its culture, causing them to change their practices, often bringing persecution as well. ...

We must get rid of any desire to control the unseen and the seen through magical sayings, and instead submit to the sovereign lordship of King Jesus. ...

The three major points that we see in today’s passage are evangelism, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the ongoing teaching of sound doctrine, which overall produces more evangelism. ...

Apollos was a man mighty in the Scriptures, yet humble enough to receive correction from a tent maker and his wife (Priscilla and Aquila)....