Posts by David Huffstutler

There is no end to people seek to harm the church until our Lord comes again. We can warn them, but we have no fellowship with them (Titus 3:10–11). We see them for who they are, kindly give truth if they will listen (2 Timothy 2:24–26), but otherwise avoid them (2 Timothy 3:1–9; esp. 3:5b).…

What kinds of things should I not do because it would cause my fellow Christian to violate his conscience and sin if he did them, too? Paul gives many commands to the “strong” in Romans 14:1–15:13 (cf. Rom 15:1), telling the strong in various ways not to cause the “weak” to stumble (Rom 14:13, 15,…

I love looking at leaders in the Bible and seeing how they are examples for us today. Epaphras is one of those guys. A little digging in Colossians uncovers some details about Epaphras, an otherwise “minor character” in the New Testament, but a major character in Colossae and an exemplary leader for us today. Two…