Retiring the "R" Word
Image courtesy of stockimages / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I saw it again the other day in an article that I read. I almost blew a gasket. However, I am also a patient man (well, sometimes) and I am reminded that a righteous man is supposed to be quick to listen and slow to anger (James 1:19-20). I decided that before I started my rant I should do some research in case I was wrong. So I turned in my Bible (in this case biblegateway.com) to see if I could find any evidence in the Word of God that this was even supposed to exist. However, try as I may, the word "revelant" wasn't found anywhere in the Bible concerning the church...as a matter of fact, it is nowhere in the Bible at all. Just to be on the safe side, I also inserted the word "interesting" in its place and came up with similar results. For nearly 17 years, through Bible college and nearly every Christian publication that I have ever read, pastors and Christian leaders have been encouraged to ma