| BY SEAN CAVENDER | Based upon the confession that Peter made that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus promised to build His church (Matthew 16:18). This is the first time that the church is mentioned in the New Testament. The church that Jesus refers to was His. He calls it “my church.” The church was…
“let us consider one another order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:25 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go…
Where have all the godly families gone? They are disappearing rapidly. They are disappearing from society due to the high rate of divorce, “dead-beat” dads, child abuse (emotional, physical and sexual), and juvenile delinquency. Godly families are also disappearing from local churches of Christ. I see more and more parents attending by themselves without one…
John Isaac Edwards In the first century, Christians assembled together regularly (Acts 4:31; 11:26; 14:27; 20:7-8; 1 Cor. 5:4; 11:17-18; 14:23, 26). The Hebrew writer commanded, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. . .” (Heb. 10:25). A lot of church members today offer all kinds of excuses for being absent when the saints are…
This is now the seventh article in this series on All-Sufficiency. In our last article we attempted to prove that the church, by its verv nature, is inevitably all all-sufficient organization. Previously, we studied what the mission of the church is, and demonstrated that no one can add one act to this prescribed mission. At…
Ron Halbrook God’s eternal plan of salvation is summed up in Christ and the church. “All spiritual blessings” are “in Christ,” who is “the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all” (Eph. 1:3, 22-23). This is “according to the eternal purpose” which…
Ken Marrs Whatever the issue, the liberal and the conservative stand fundamentally at opposite ends to one another. Clearly, these “labels” come with some fairly emotional baggage, and at times have even over-shadowed the issue(s) at hand. Yet, neither of these “words” is perfect or perhaps even completely understood by the other. I believe a…
INTRODUCTION TO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST by Tom Roberts (Historical Lineage) Some denominations claim the ability to trace their historical lineage (an unbroken link of churches throughout history) directly to John the Baptist. Of course, this is impossible to do and is a false claim. The Lord’s church was not in existence while John was…