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Is It Possible: To Understand The Bible Alike? (10/22/09) |
A common belief today is that we cannot understand the Bible alike (“one interpretation is as good as another”). This is one reason why there are so many differing churches and doctrines. Is this a sound belief? Is it possible for us to understand the Bible alike? Let us reason together... |
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Is It Possible: To Understand What the Bible Teaches? (10/22/09) |
God has always made Himself understandable. God has always effectively communicated His will to His creation. Did Adam and Eve understand what God taught about “dietary restrictions”? Could Jesus’ earthly audiences understand what He taught them? Clearly, God has a history... |
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Is It Possible: To Know That the Bible is an Accurate Record of God's Revelation? (10/22/09) |
Best-selling books and movies, Mormons, or Muslims cast doubt on the integrity of the Bible by claiming “it has been changed” and “some books have been lost.” Do we have a sure answer to these, and similar, claims? Let us reason together.
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Is It Possible: To Know Where to Find the Words Which God Has Spoken? (10/22/09) |
Many religious groups claim to have received revelation from God. Notice a few such claims-
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Is It Possible: To Be Certain That There Is a God? (10/22/09) |
Let us reason together concerning the certainty of God’s existence. Hebrews 3:4 says “For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.”
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Is It Possible? (10/22/09) |
Time magazine published a survey which indicated that 66% of Americans “have no doubts that God exists” while 13% believe in some sort of higher power or force, 11% believe in God but have doubts, and 5% do not believe in anything beyond the physical world. This tells us that... |
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The Churches of Christ (10/12/09) |
Introduction
In Romans 16:16 Paul wrote of “the churches of Christ” while in Ephesians 4:4 he taught that there is one church. How can both statements be true? Because in Ephesians, Paul is speaking of the worldwide group of the saved, while in Romans he is referring to churches which... |
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Will Only Members of the Church of Christ Be Saved? (10/12/09) |
Introduction
In considering this question, let’s be sure we have a common understanding concerning what the Bible teaches about “the church of Christ,” since it relates directly to the above question.
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How Do I Become a Member of the Church of Christ? (10/12/09) |
Or, What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Introduction
You might be surprised by the title—that being in the church and being saved are synonymous concepts, but that is clearly the teaching of Jesus and the apostles as recorded in Scripture.
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What Kind of a Church Are You? (10/12/09) |
It is unfortunate that often today when people think about “church” they immediately think “denomination.” In reality, those words are not parallel at all. They are contradictory when we see what God revealed concerning “church.”
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