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[Note: \u00a0<\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles\u20133<\/strong> \u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational \u201cchurchianity\u201d bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally un<\/strong>denominational; it is anti<\/strong>denominational. Men have so long lived with abnormal denominationalism that they almost universally accept it as normal (i.e., Scriptural, for those who may still bother with such trivialities).<\/span><\/p>\n By definition, a denomination is a religious body having peculiarities that distinguish it from the church revealed in the Bible. A denomination cannot exist without believing, doing, or preaching things not found in God\u2019s Word. While all denominations teach and\/or practice some things the Bible teaches, the things they teach that are not in the Bible <\/strong>are what make them denominations, of which the Bible says nothing whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n Consider some distinctions between denominational and Scriptural concepts of the church:<\/span><\/p>\n Denominationalism rests upon the word and will of men, not upon the Word and will of the Son of God.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note: <\/strong>I wrote this article for and it appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, August 7, 2009]. <\/span><\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, proprietor, curator, and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note: \u00a0This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles\u20133 \u00a0page.] Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational \u201cchurchianity\u201d bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is antidenominational. Men have so long lived with abnormal denominationalism…<\/p>\n\n