Differs

The excerpt below was extracted with permission from Kevin DeYoung’s book Taking God Serively by Faithful Editor. We excel in the doctrine of scripture sufficiency, but what difference does the adequacy of the scriptures make in your Christian life?Let me propose four ways that should make a big difference. First. With the sufficiency of Scripture. […]

I have asked this question often, because many churches affirm different roles between pastors and deachonos and yet functionally confuse these functions. Particularly in the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention, deacons often bear the title of “deacon,” but actually act as a pastor with “pastoral”-type authority. Many factors may be the cause, but the