XVIII. The Family
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%202.15-25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%203.1-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%206.4-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/josh%2024.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20sam%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%2051.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%2078.1-8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20127; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20128; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%20139.13-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/prov%201.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%205.15-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%206.20-22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2012.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2013.24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2014.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2017.6; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2018.22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.6,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2023.13-14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2024.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.15,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2031.10-31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eccles%204.9-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ecclesiastes%209.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mal%202.14-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.31-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2018.2-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.3-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2010.6-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%201.18-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%207.1-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%205.21-33; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ephesians%206.1-4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%203.18-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%205.8,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20timothy%205.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%201.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/titus%202.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%2013.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%203.1-7.
The Family part 2
November 29, 2023
XVIII. The Family
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%202.15-25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%203.1-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%206.4-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/josh%2024.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20sam%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%2051.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%2078.1-8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20127; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20128; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%20139.13-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/prov%201.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%205.15-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%206.20-22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2012.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2013.24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2014.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2017.6; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2018.22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.6,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2023.13-14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2024.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.15,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2031.10-31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eccles%204.9-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ecclesiastes%209.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mal%202.14-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.31-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2018.2-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.3-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2010.6-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%201.18-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%207.1-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%205.21-33; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ephesians%206.1-4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%203.18-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%205.8,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20timothy%205.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%201.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/titus%202.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%2013.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%203.1-7.
The Family part 1
November 15, 2023
XVIII. The Family
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%202.15-25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%203.1-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%206.4-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/josh%2024.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20sam%201.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%2051.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%2078.1-8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20127; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20128; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%20139.13-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/prov%201.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%205.15-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%206.20-22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2012.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2013.24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2014.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2017.6; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2018.22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.6,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2022.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2023.13-14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2024.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.15,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2029.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2031.10-31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eccles%204.9-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ecclesiastes%209.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mal%202.14-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.31-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2018.2-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.3-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2010.6-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%201.18-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%207.1-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%205.21-33; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ephesians%206.1-4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%203.18-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%205.8,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20timothy%205.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%201.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/titus%202.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%2013.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%203.1-7.
https://bfm.sbc.net/report-of-committee-on-baptist-faith-and-message/
Religious Liberty part 2
November 8, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%202.7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%206.6-7,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%206.24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2016.26; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%208.36; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%204.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%206.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%2013.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gal%205.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/galatians%205.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%203.20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%202.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%204.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%202.12-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20peter%203.11-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20peter%204.12-19.
Religious Liberty part 1
November 1, 2023 • Vlad Baraniuk
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/genesis%202.7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%206.6-7,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%206.24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2016.26; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%208.36; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%204.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%206.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%2013.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gal%205.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/galatians%205.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%203.20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%202.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%204.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%202.12-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20peter%203.11-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20peter%204.12-19.
Peace and War
October 25, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of righteousness. In accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ they should do all in their power to put an end to war.
The true remedy for the war spirit is the gospel of our Lord. The supreme need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men and nations, and the practical application of His law of love. Christian people throughout the world should pray for the reign of the Prince of Peace.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isa%202.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.9,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%205.38-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%206.33; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2026.52; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2022.36,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2022.38; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2012.18-19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%2013.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%2014.19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%2012.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%204.1-2.
The Christian and the Social Order (part 2)
October 18, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this Wednesday night teaching Bro. Derrick follows up last week's teaching with part 2 of Article XV of The Baptist Faith & Message, "The Christian and the Social Order."
XV. The Christian and the Social Order
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.3-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/lev%206.2-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%2010.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%2027.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20101.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/micah%206.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/zech%208.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.13-16,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%205.43-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.36-40; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.35; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%201.29-34; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%202.3ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2010.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%204.18-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2010.27-37; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2020.25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2015.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2017.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2012%e2%80%9314; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%205.9-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%206.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%207.20-24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%2010.23-11.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gal%203.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%206.5-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%203.12-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thess%203.12; Philemon; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%201.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%202.8.
The Christian and the Social Order (part 1)
October 11, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this Wednesday night teaching, Bro. Derrick teaches on Article XV of The Baptist Faith & Message, "The Christian and the Social Order."
XV. The Christian and the Social Order
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.3-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/lev%206.2-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%2010.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%2027.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%20101.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/micah%206.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/zech%208.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.13-16,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%205.43-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.36-40; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.35; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%201.29-34; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%202.3ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2010.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%204.18-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2010.27-37; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2020.25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2015.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2017.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2012%e2%80%9314; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%205.9-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%206.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%207.20-24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1corinthians%2010.23-11.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gal%203.26-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%206.5-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%203.12-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thess%203.12; Philemon; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%201.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%202.8.
Cooperation
October 4, 2023 • Vlad Baraniuk
In this Wednesday night teaching our Executive & Missions Pastor, Vlad Baraniuk, teaches on Article XIV of the Baptist Faith & Message, "Cooperation."
XIV. Cooperation
Christ’s people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective manner. Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with one another in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent ministries for the extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ’s people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2017.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exodus%2018.17ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/judg%207.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ezra%201.3-4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ezra%202.68-69; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ezra%205.14-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/neh%204; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/nehemiah%208.1-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%2010.5-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2020.1-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.1-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2028.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%202.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2010.1ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.13-14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%202.1ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%204.31-37; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2013.2-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2015.1-35; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%201.10-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%203.5-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%203.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20cor%208-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gal%201.6-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%204.1-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%201.15-18.
Education & Stewardship
September 27, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this Wednesday night teaching Bro. Derrick covers 2 articles of The Baptist Faith & Message:
• Article XII. Education
• Article XIII. Stewardship
XII. Education
Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ’s people.
In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%204.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%204.5,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%204.9,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%204.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%206.1-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deuteronomy%2031.12-13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/neh%208.1-8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/job%2028.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/ps%2019.7ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/psalms%20119.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/prov%203.13ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%204.1-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%208.1-7,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%208.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/proverbs%2015.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eccles%207.19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%205.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%207.24ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2028.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%202.40; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%201.18-31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%204.11-16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%204.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%202.3,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/colossians%202.8-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%201.3-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%202.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20timothy%203.14-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%205.12-6.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%201.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%203.17.
XIII. Stewardship
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%2014.20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/lev%2027.30-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/deut%208.18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mal%203.8-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%206.1-4,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%206.19-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2023.23; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.14-29; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.16-21,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.42; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2016.1-13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%202.44-47; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%205.1-11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2017.24-25; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2020.35; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%206.6-22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%2012.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%204.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%206.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%206.12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2016.1-4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20cor%208-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20corinthians%2012.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%204.10-19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%201.18-19.
Evangelism & Missions
September 20, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson, Vlad Baraniuk
In this Wednesday night teaching Bro. Derrick and our Executive & Missions Pastor, Vlad Baraniuk, join together to teach on Article XI of The Baptist Faith & Message, "Evangelism & Missions."
XI. Evangelism and Missions
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%2012.1-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2019.5-6; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isa%206.1-8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%209.37-38; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2010.5-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2013.18-30, https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2013.37-43; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2016.19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2022.9-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2028.18-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2010.1-18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2024.46-53; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2014.11-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2015.7-8,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2015.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2017.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2020.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%208.26-40; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2010.42-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2013.2-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2010.13-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/eph%203.1-11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thess%201.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%204.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%202.1-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/hebrews%2011.39-12.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%202.4-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rev%2022.17.
Last Things (part 2)
September 13, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this Wednesday night teaching Bro. Derrick continue with part 2 of, "Last Things," Article X of The Baptist Faith & Message.
God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isa%202.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isaiah%2011.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%2016.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2018.8-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.27,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.30,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.36,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.44; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.31-46; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2026.64; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%208.38; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%209.43-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.40,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2016.19-26; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2017.22-37; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2021.27-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2014.1-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2017.31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2014.10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%204.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2015.24-28,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2015.35-58; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20cor%205.10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%203.20-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%201.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/colossians%203.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thess%204.14-18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thessalonians%205.1ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20thess%201.7ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20thessalonians%201.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%206.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%204.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20timothy%204.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/titus%202.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%209.27-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%205.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20pet%203.7ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20john%202.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20john%203.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/jude%2014; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rev%201.18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%203.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%2020.1-22.13.
Last Things (part 1)
Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this teaching on the Baptist Faith & Message, Bro. Derrick covers Article X, Last Things. This will be a 2-part lesson with part 2 continuing in the next lesson.
X. Last Things
God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isa%202.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isaiah%2011.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%2016.27; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2018.8-9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2019.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.27,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.30,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.36,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2024.44; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.31-46; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2026.64; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%208.38; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%209.43-48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.40,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.48; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2016.19-26; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2017.22-37; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2021.27-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2014.1-3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2017.31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2014.10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%204.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2015.24-28,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2015.35-58; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20cor%205.10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/phil%203.20-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%201.5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/colossians%203.4; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thess%204.14-18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20thessalonians%205.1ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20thess%201.7ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20thessalonians%201.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20tim%206.14; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20tim%204.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20timothy%204.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/titus%202.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%209.27-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/james%205.8; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/2%20pet%203.7ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20john%202.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20john%203.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/jude%2014; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rev%201.18; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%203.11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%2020.1-22.13.
The Kingdom
August 30, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this teaching on the Baptist Faith & Message, Bro. Derrick covers Article IX, The Kingdom.
IX. The Kingdom
The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God’s will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/gen%201.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/isa%209.6-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/jer%2023.5-6; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%203.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%204.8-10,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%204.23; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2012.25-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2013.1-52; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2025.31-46; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2026.29; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%201.14-15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%209.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%204.43; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%208.1; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%209.2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2012.31-32; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2017.20-21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2023.42; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%203.3; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2018.36; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%201.6-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2017.22-31; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%205.17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/romans%208.19; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%2015.24-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%201.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/heb%2011.10,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/hebrews%2011.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/hebrews%2012.28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20pet%202.4-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20peter%204.13; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rev%201.6,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%201.9; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%205.10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%2011.15; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/revelation%2011.21-22.
Baptism, The Lord's Supper, and The Lord's Day
August 23, 2023 • Dr. Derrick Wilson
In this teaching Bro. Derrick covers Articles VII and VII of the Baptist Faith & Message
• Article VII - Baptism & The Lord's Supper
• Article VIII - The Lord's Day
VII. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.
The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%203.13-17; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2026.26-30; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2028.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%201.9-11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2014.22-26; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%203.21-22; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2022.19-20; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%203.23; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%202.41-42; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%208.35-39; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2016.30-33; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2020.7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%206.3-5; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%2010.16,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2010.21; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20corinthians%2011.23-29; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%202.12.
VIII. The Lord’s Day
The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
https://biblia.com/bible/csb/exod%2020.8-11; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matt%2012.1-12; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/matthew%2028.1ff.; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%202.27-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/mark%2016.1-7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2024.1-3,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/luke%2024.33-36; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%204.21-24; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2020.1,https://biblia.com/bible/csb/john%2020.19-28; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/acts%2020.7; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rom%2014.5-10; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/1%20cor%2016.1-2; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/col%202.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/colossians%203.16; https://biblia.com/bible/csb/rev%201.10.
