It would be so great if we could go to a church and hear God’s instruction and be loving Christians without any doubt that what is taught there is God’s absolute truth. But what we hear on many issues depends on the church we enter. In today’s Christianity churches are all over the board on …
The Result of Churches Teaching Different Things While Claiming to be Led of The Spirit Read More »
An incredible point in the middle of all the division among Christian believers is that so many churches claim the leading of the Holy Spirit. Look at some of these statements from church and denominational materials. Here are a Methodist statement: We have, therefore expected that the Discipline would be administered, not, merely as legal …
Churches, Teaching Differing Doctrines, Claim They Are Led of the Spirit Read More »
Let’s address a common response to church divisions taught in the Churches. Years ago John Wesley made a distinction between “essentials” and “non-essentials” and appears to use the Bible properly as a guide. “Essentials” includes the doctrines of the Bible (baptism, salvation, etc.) while “non-essentials” includes topics such as foods, hymns, and practices. Lately, however, …
It Is Not That Issues Should Divide Us But That, Sadly, Issues Do Divide Us Read More »
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing: for what things soever he does, these the Son also does in like manner. John 5:19 The above verse talks about how Jesus did what he did by …
What the Lord is Doing: Christianity Is Real In Spite Of Biblical Disputes and Arguments Read More »
Claims to first-century Christianity are everywhere. “Churches of Christ are part of a great religious movement launched on the North American Continent in the early 1800s, to restore the pure Christianity of the first century. The pioneers of this movement made it their aim to go back to the Bible for their faith, worship, and …