In this series of articles, we have seen when and where the New Testament church began.  It started in Jerusalem on the first Pentecost after the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  The time was around A.D. 30.  We have seen how one becomes a member of this church that Christ […]

In Acts the second chapter, we read of the first gospel sermon ever preached.  Being filled with the Holy Spirit, along with the other eleven apostles (Acts 2:1-15), Peter addressed the audience.  After speaking of the resurrection of Christ, he told his Jewish listeners that they were guilty of crucifying the one that God has […]

Last week we emphasized the organization of the local church. It is important to see that denominational churches do not look anything like the church we read about in the Bible. Am I being overly critical by stating this? No, I am merely stating a fact. The New Testament church, in the local sense, was […]

In our last article, we demonstrated that denominationalism is unscriptural. While denominations are made up of churches (a denomination is a church of churches), the universal church of Christ is made up of people. While denominational churches are a part of a man-made organizational structure, the universal church in the Bible has no organizational structure. […]

The New Testament church can be identified in the scriptures. One should be able to open up the New Testament and find the church which Christ built. Furthermore, all who claim allegiance to Christ should be able to compare the church to which they belong with the one in the bible and see that they […]

The church of Christ was established in the first century about 50 days after the resurrection of Christ. People were added to the church by gladly receiving the word of God and being baptized into Christ (Acts 2:41-47; Galatians 3:27). In the first decade of her existence, the church was only composed of Jews. It […]

In Isaiah 2:2-4, the prophet spoke of the last days when the Lord’s house would be established and all nations would flow unto it. The prophet was speaking of the New Testament church when referencing the Lord’s house. The church is the house of God (1 Timothy 3:15). This church, the church promised by Christ […]

Most Bible believing people are familiar with Calvinism. If you are not, it is a doctrine that suggests that all human beings are born sinners because of the sin of Adam and Eve. Calvinists believe that the fall of Adam was the fall of all of mankind. It is interesting that they claim that we […]

Rizpah is little known Bible character. She was taken by Saul as a concubine and bore him two sons. Later, after the death of Saul, these two sons were hung for the crimes Saul committed against the Gibeonites when he broke the covenant that the Israelites made with them (Joshua 9:1-27). This is when we […]

Did you know that there is now a gay-friendly version of the Bible? Amazing! A group of anonymous editors has put out a version of the Bible called “The Queen James Bible.” In this version, passages that relate to the sin of homosexuality are added to or reworded in such a way as to remove […]