Are We Speaking Where the Bible Speaks? Part 1
There is an important question that needs to be addressed, and that question is “Are we speaking where the Bible speaks?”
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Part 3: What Should I preach from the pulpit
Dear preacher, don’t allow others to prevent you from teaching the whole counsel of God!
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What is the Church?
Progressives have successfully shifted our language. We have ceded ground to them they do not own. Their efforts have created enough ambiguity and fluidity around the nature of the church that many no longer believe in the concept of a non-denominational church of Christ. The surest path back is to reclaim the language. The definition of the “church” is as fixed as the definition of a “woman.”
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Speak where the bible speaks part 2
Are we speaking where the Bible speaks? We answer this question by looking at additional illustrations of not speaking where the Bible speaks, and we acknowledge the intention of speaking where the Bible speaks.
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What should I preach from the pulpit part 2
Some think of a preacher as a secretary, an errand boy or a “catch all.” They think that his job is to be in the office, man the building, be a counselor, do the work of an elder or a deacon. An evangelist may indeed counsel with the word of God, but he is not a psychologist.
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What should I preach from the pulpit?
Many pulpits today are filled with story telling, religious experiences, current events, death bed stories and felt needs. Does it matter to God what comes from the pulpit each Sunday?
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Instrumental Music and Expediency
What does the audience hear in the debate? It hears inconsistency. Our argument sounds contrived. It contradicts their own experience. The singing they have done for their entire life has been helped by instruments of music. Now, we are compelled to convince them that their perception contradicts reality. It is a tough sell. The progressive has placed us in exactly the right position to sway the undecided in our congregations.
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Deconstructing the Church
For a generation, we have tried to make our services as polished as possible. There are very few large churches of Christ with ugly preachers. Smooth and dynamic has been the fashion for a long time. It is phony, plastic, imitation, and we know it. “Throw it out. Get small. Home churches are the answer.”
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Can There Really be Just One Church?
Every conversion recorded for us in the book of Acts culminates in baptism, and at that point, the Lord added them to his church. If we follow the same pattern, we can expect the same results. Christ will add us to his church.
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Should I Tithe?
Facebook Twitter Youtube A common doctrine taught today in the world of “Christendom” is that of tithing. Many church buildings are full of parishioners being told that they must give 10% of their gross earnings to their church. They are told that by doing so they will reap great blessings. Adversely, they are told that