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Pull the plug on progressives
by J. Randal Matheny, editor Next week I’ll teach out of state in a ministry training program on Ecclesiology or, in my simple terms, the church of the New Testament. The intensive course will run from...
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5 things the church of Christ possesses
by J. Randal Matheny, editor To a small group last Saturday, before afternoon tea, with several visitors who had never heard the true gospel nor encountered the kingdom of God, I had the privilege of...
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Teach the necessity of being in Christ
by Richard Mansel, managing editor As Christians, we must teach the necessity of being in Christ because it negates one of Satan’s greatest weapons. The Great Deceiver has been very successful at...
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What is wrong with the Church?
by Richard Mansel, managing editor A deeper understanding of the Church will tell us why we must be careful when we ask this question. Jesus’ kingdom began in earnest when 3,000 were added to the...
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The paradox of the church
by Hardeman Nichols When a congregation is established according to the divine pattern of the New Testament, it is composed of elements of perfection and imperfection. Since it is a divine institution,...
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Who are we, really?
by J. Randal Matheny, editor Last Friday a woman in her 40s died after a surgery to implant a pacemaker. The procedure was performed properly, but the woman’s heart gave out. It gave out because she...
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Church, stop being afraid
by Richard Mansel When we are immersed for the remission of our sins, we are added to the Lord’s body, the Church that belongs to Christ (Acts 2:38,47; 20:28; 22:16). Jesus is God, the Almighty, who...
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We are family
Jorge, Randal, Ricardo by J. Randal Matheny, editor On Saturday night, we said goodbye to a dear young couple in the Taubaté congregation with a cookout party. Ricardo and Marilia have been a wonderful...
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Why I am a preacher in churches of Christ
by Stan Mitchell Several have asked me about why I preach for the church of Christ. Why am I a member of this fellowship? Here are the reasons, offered in kindness, yet plainly. I am not a member of...
View ArticleThis ‘social’ project will succeed where all others fail
The more we trust in the social and political systems that men create, the more we will feel let down. Such systems inevitably disintegrate. As high-minded as their creators may have been, the slow...
View ArticleDenominationalism is the fleshly plan
God’s plan for mankind is ridiculous to a sinful world (Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 6:1-6) so we must have an undeniable faith in his truth (Acts 2:47; Ephesians 1:22-23; Hebrews 11:6). Godliness is our new...
View ArticleHeirlooms
Among iris fanciers, the older versions of irises are known as “historic” or “heirloom” irises. They may be forty or a hundred years old or more. In most cases, these varieties are less prone to...
View ArticleRespond or not? HuffPo slanders God’s people
HuffPo published what one brother called a hit piece on the church of our Lord, an article critical of American congregations as a whole, based upon, as I understand it, a single event. (I’m not going...
View ArticleKingdom come
“till they have seen the kingdom of God come” (Mark 9:1). John and Jesus taught that the kingdom was “at hand” (Matthew 3:2; 4:17). They obviously believed it was forthcoming. Some followers were so...
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