Facts About the New Testament Church
Founder: Christ (Matthew 16:18)
Place: Jerusalem Isaiah 2:1–3; Acts 2:5
Time: ad 33 (Daniel 2:44; Acts 2)
Head: Christ (Ephesians 1:22)
Organization:
Christ as the head (Ephesians 5:23)
Elders oversee the local church (Hebrews 13:17; Titus 1:5)
Deacons...
Five Things the Gospel Cannot Do
The gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Man’s true hope of going to heaven through Jesus is revealed in the gospel. Yet there are some things the gospel cannot do.
The gospel cannot...
Christianity as Seen in the New Testament
Christianity, as it came from the mind of God, is clearly set forth in the New Testament.
The four gospel records—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—give us the account of the earthly life of Christ and...
The Only Book God Ever Wrote
Most popular authors are prolific. They write and write. Many had several books on the market before they became well known. God didn't do that. If you go in a Books-A-Million and search a database for "books that God wrote," you'll only find one listing.
In Pursuit of Faith
Faith is the foundation upon which all the virtues are laid. It is the center from which the diameter of the Christian life is measured. It is the buoy from which the depths of...
Knowing God or Knowing About God?
Many know about God who do not know God.
The Prince of Granada was sentenced to Madrid’s old and infamous prison, The Place of Skulls, in fear that he might aspire to the throne.
For thirty-three...
But Before That…
In 1992, when Governor Kirk Fordice stated unreservedly, “America is a Christian nation,” the response bordered on hysteria.
But before that... Congress declared 1983 to be the “Year of the Bible” and stated that the Bible,...
The Simple Gospel
No book written by man has so many simple words as the New Testament.
There is an air of simplicity about the biographies of Jesus which, like the breezes from the Galilean hills, blows upon...
Three Gardens and Three Trees
What's the Bible all about? What's its major theme? If you were to write a Cliff Notes on the Bible, and be as brief as possible, what would you say about it?
Well, at least...
This Much I Know: A “Know So” Religion from First John
Some say, “We can’t know anything.” Others seem to think they know everything. The truth is somewhere in the middle, for we can know the truth (John 8:32; 1 John 2:21), but we will...