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[Note:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/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 the abnormality of denominationalism that they almost universally accept it as \u201cnormal\u201d (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 knows nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n Consider some distinctions between denominational and Scriptural concepts of the church:<\/span><\/p>\n Denominationalism rests upon the word, whim, and will of men, not upon the Word and Will of the Son of God.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0[Note: <\/strong>This article was written for and published in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, October 3, 2014.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution<\/strong>: From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0 page.] Thoughtful Bible students realize that denominational \u201cchurchianity\u201d bears no resemblance to New Testament Christianity. It is not only fundamentally undenominational; it is anti-denominational. Men have so long lived with the…<\/p>\n\n
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