The Great Commission

After Jesus rose from the grave, He received all authority in heaven and on earth from the Father (Mat 28:18). He then gave His disciples their mission, the Great Commission. Different aspects of the same commission are recorded in five locations in the NT. When we...

Lord’s Supper New Covenant vs. Covenant of Grace

As we continue looking at the Lord’s Supper in the bulletin, I want to remind the church that participants in the Lord’s Supper celebrate the New Covenant (NC), not a covenant of grace with the supper. Our Presbyterian and Reformed brothers and sisters believe in a...

Oversight over the Lord’s Supper

Do the elders of a local New Covenant church have an oversight responsibility over the Lord’s Table as it relates to the Lord’s Supper? Elders are overseers. See Titus 1:5b–7a. In Acts 20:17, Paul calls for the elders of the church, and then in verse 28, Paul charges...

A New Covenant with the House of Israel

Q: “Pastor, what do we do with the reality that the New Covenant (NC) you keep talking about was promised to ‘the house of Israel’ and ‘the house of Judah’ in Jeremiah 31:31, and not the Gentile church? How can you say it applies to us when it refers to the house of...
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