This is an article about the divisions among believers over the multiple views among the Christian churches on the place of scripture, including biblical inerrancy, biblical infallibility, biblical sufficiency, and myth. The divergence of these views is at the heart of many of the divisions in the church. This article does not focus on the …
Baptism is one of these topics that has caused serious division in the Christian church, yet some call it a non-essential doctrine, you know, one of those doctrines that people should not divide over. The problem is not that people shouldn’t have divided over this issue, but that they have divided over this issue and, …
There are some things in Christian churches that are assumed. Even though there is no proof, these tenets are accepted without question. For example, some assume water baptism every time the word baptism is used. Some assume that the 66 books in the protestant bible are the Word of God, complete and entire. That the …
LP0.1 Only The Law and the Prophets Had Divine Status Initially Read More »
In modern Christianity many churches adopt the stance that the gifts and power of the apostles ceased with the apostles or shortly thereafter. This is completely untrue. The standard is set in the book of Acts. There we see that receiving the spirit was a priority. In Acts chapter 8 we see that the Apostles …
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(Warning – Sexual Content, Parental Guidance recommended for children) I recently edited this older post with a few updates so I am sticking this post to the front page for a little while. Celibacy is required for only one Christian denomination, the Roman Catholic Church. And it wasn’t required for the first thousand years of …
In the Reformation, Luther and Calvin named the Pope the Antichrist. A treatise of Martin Luther written shortly before his death in 1546 was entitled, “Against the Roman Papacy; an Institution of the Devil.” Luther began his tirade, “The Most Hellish Father, Saint Paul III, in his supposed capacity as the bishop of the Roman …
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 »
Abortion is a powerful issue that divides the church.
Salvation is the most basic truth about Christianity. Salvation centers on what Jesus Christ did for all men. Being a sinless man, he substituted as payment for your sin and mine. That’s good news. Now the Catholic Church teaches that if you die with a mortal sin on your soul you can go to hell, …
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 »
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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 …
I happened across a PBS documentary on the secret files of the Inquisition. In 2004 Pope John Paul II asked forgiveness for the wounds cased by the Inquisition. In the unlikely event you don’t know what the Inquisition is, the Inquisition refers to a function of the Roman Catholic Church where people who didn’t embrace …
Most of my life I have had more than enough money to pay my bills. Living in the United States, it is easy to think that life is full of things: cars, houses, furniture, clothes and so on. It is easy to run up the bills, and suddenly it seems like such an imposition to …
Jesus came walking on the water. When Peter saw him, Jesus invited him to walk on the water to him. Initially he walked, then he started to doubt and began to fall. Jesus caught him, of course, and he didn’t fall. What do you think were behind the doubts that almost caused Peter to lose …
I am looking for people with an interest in Christianity and especially what it was originally.