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"Water Baptism Has Nothing to do With Salvation": A Response (10/22/09) |
The website of the Victory Baptist Church (Mooreseville), pastored by Tony York, says, “Water baptism has nothing to do with salvation.” This is also the teaching of practically every denomination that you can find in the phonebook. Compare this statement with Scripture, then consider a... |
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Purpose of the One Baptism (10/22/09) |
While it may appear that there are many reasons for baptism, in reality, all of the reasons listed below mean the same thing. To be saved means the same as to have sins washed away. Those mean the same as being in one body and being in Christ. Knowing that, consider God’s revealed purpose for... |
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There is One Baptism (Ephesians 4:5) (10/22/09) |
Read Ephesians 4:4-6. A Muslim will say “I believe in God,” but for many reasons, the God in which he believes is not the “One God” of Scripture. Likewise, we read of one baptism. Men have changed many things since God revealed this baptism, resulting in other baptisms. The... |
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Freedom in Christ: What It Is And Is Not (10/22/09) |
What It Is
The Bible warns us that some who offer liberty and freedom are themselves in sin (2 Peter 2:19). True freedom in Christ means freedom from:
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Do You Understand What You Are Reading ? (10/22/09) |
The book of Acts teaches us what the apostles, and others, taught when they went “into all the world to preach the gospel to every creature.” Philip obeyed and preached the gospel. Acts 8 tells of a day when Philip met an Ethiopian dignitary who was reading Scripture while returning... |
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Freedom in Christ and Instrumental Music (10/22/09) |
After reading the article “God’s Permission, Pianos, and PowerPoint” a kind yet concerned reader called claiming that “freedom in Christ” justifies the use of musical instruments in worship.
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Organizing the Family and the Church: the new Anglican Church (10/22/09) |
When you start a new family, how must it be organized? “He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'” (Matthew 19:4). But not all agree, resulting in controversy.
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God’s Permission, Pianos, & PowerPoint (10/22/09) |
Some people accuse churches of Christ of being inconsistent for refusing to worship with instrumental music while using PowerPoint since the New Testament mentions neither. Why will we use one and not the other?
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"The Way" or the Anglican Way ? (10/22/09) |
National headlines continue documenting the split of the Episcopal Church. There will now be an additional Anglican community called the Anglican church of North America, which is in the process of organizing.
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The Thief on the Cross (10/22/09) |
People give a variety of reasons for rejecting the Bible’s association between baptism and remission of sins. Some claim that since the thief on the cross was saved without being baptized, so can we. The thief may, or may not, have been baptized earlier (Mark. 1:5; John 3:22). Either way, to... |
