The “One Faith” of Ephesians 4:5

Views: 146[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,…

Undenominational Christianity

Views: 69[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles–3  page.]             Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational “churchianity” bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is antidenominational. Men have so long lived with…

The Church of the Bible—No. 6

Views: 101[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The church of the Bible is not time-or earth-bound. Its destiny reaches beyond both. The church/kingdom of Jesus Christ has an eternal destiny. After writing of the church in Hebrews…

The Church of the Bible—No. 5

Views: 88[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] The church of the Bible was/is not just whatever men want it to be. Jesus did not build His church on the basis of a community survey of what His…

The Church of the Bible—No. 1

Views: 99[Note:  This MS is available in  larger font on our Brief Articles 2  page.] Jesus promised, “Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Mat. 16:18). The “rock” to which He referred was the…

A Strong Church

Views: 2[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] “Be strong in the Lord” (Eph. 6:10) applies to individuals and churches alike. Assuming that we all want the church to be strong, what are (and are not) these sources…

The Difference Between the Lord’s Church  and the Religions of Men

Views: 106[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Let us begin by defining some of the terms in this chapter’s title: The Lord’s church: By the Lord, I refer to the Lord Jesus Christ, Whom God the Father acknowledged…

Reviewing Some Fundamental Principles

Views: 85[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction The church as God planned it and as Christ built it is revealed in only one place: the New Testament. It is a Divine institution. It was no mere man—not even…