What is the basis for saying Christians must obey church elders?

Post updated Oct 2026. I added evidence that the word 'widow' in the world of the earliest Christians includes divorced women. What is the basis for the 'rule' that professing Christians must obey church elders? Definition of terms, so we all start on the same page. I'm using the term 'elders' to refer to those who… Continue reading What is the basis for saying Christians must obey church elders?

Can someone be saved, yet remain immature, lazy & eventually lose that salvation and return to their sinful ways?

I really thought when we were young that my husband became a Christian, and he really seemed to try....even now sometimes I find him reading his Bible, etc. Yet after having been married to him for decades, I’ve seen so much of his pattern of behavior that I no longer doubt that he is narcissistic… Continue reading Can someone be saved, yet remain immature, lazy & eventually lose that salvation and return to their sinful ways?