Derrick's New Testament Topical Index is a free download on my website, Why Church of Christ. If you are teaching a Bible Study Class and are using a certain teaching method, you may want to print on paper some things to remember for the class from the teaching method you are using. This is where Derrick's New Testament Topical Index.txt can be helpful. Derrick's New Testament Topical … [Read more...]
Church Established Apostatized Centuries Reestablished
The Church in the New Testament was Established sometime in the first century, but towards the end of the second century started to Apostatized. By 350 AD had become the beginning of the Catholic Church. For more on this read Catholic Church and New Testament, on the bottom Navigation bar. The Adversary is always at work, and will always be as long as Earth stands. The Adversary first … [Read more...]
Churches of Christ and Instrumental Music
There’s no verses or scriptures referring to the use of musical instruments in a Service of the Church of Christ. Or in the New Testament. But there is on singing in a Church of Christ Service with the mouth and lips: Ephesians 5:19 says how to sing, (KJV) 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Colossians … [Read more...]
Bishop, Elder, Overseer
Bishop, Elder, Overseer, are the same office. Their purpose is to teach, instruct, help solve problems, help in managing the church. Bishops 1 Timothy 3: (KJV) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 … [Read more...]
Christianity Rendered Completely Ineffectual
Christianity was rendered completely ineffectual by the countless changes introduced in the governments and Catholic Church, and worship of that church to carry out the purposes intended by our Lord. By the conclusion of the fifth century, only no more than a mere shadow remained of the ancient government of the church of our Lord Christ. The Roman Catholic Church and the vast number of … [Read more...]
Here’s what I ran across on the Book of Revelation, I thought I would comment on it.
Churches of Christ are also unique in that they do not take a literal view of the Book of Revelation, but rather take a figurative view of the last book of the Bible. As we know, the Book of Revelation is one of the 27 Books that make up the New Testament. The first 3 chapters you can understand, but the remaining chapters are full of metaphors, except Revelation 22:18-19, not to add or take … [Read more...]