Month: July 2018

  • The Back Page – On Bishops and Elders

    The Back Page On Bishops and Elders “We don’t have bishops and elders at Second Cape. Sounds sort of Catholic to me!” But the New Testament church had both. “Bishop” […]

  • The Back Page – Music

    The Back Page Music “‘…now bring me a harpist.’ While the harpist was playing, the hand of Yahweh came on Elisha” (2 Ki 3:15). On this occasion, music preceded and […]

  • The Back Page – lord Lord LORD

    The Back Page lord Lord LORD In Bible times people sometimes used “lord” (’ādôn in Hebrew, kyrios in Greek) simply as a polite form of address, similar to our “Mr./sir” […]

  • The Back Page – The Lord’s Supper

    The Back Page The Lord’s Supper It has many names—the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion, Eucharist, the Mass. Whatever we call it, this ritual is how we obey the Lord’s request […]

  • The Back Page – The Church

    The Back Page The Church “Church” translates a Greek word meaning “an assembly of people,” whether a regularly summoned legislative body (as in Acts 19:39), a casual gathering (as in […]