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The New Testament Church #5

by Don Wright

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 […]

The New Testament Church #4

by Don Wright

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 #3

by Don Wright

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 New Testament Church #2

by Don Wright

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 […]

The New Testament Church #1

by Don Wright

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 […]

Calvinism and the Old Testament

by Don Wright

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 […]

A Mother’s Love

by Don Wright

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 […]

C’mon, Really?

by Don Wright

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 […]

What Can We Leave Our Children?

by Don Wright

Proverbs 20:7 (ESV) 7 The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Many parents decide to leave their children all their earthly possessions when they die. That is generally a good idea. As Christians, however, we should be concerned with what we leave our children spiritually more than physically or […]

The Deity of Christ

by Don Wright

There have been many who have denied the deity of Christ, but the truth is, Jesus was God before His incarnation, during His incarnation, and after His incarnation; thus, He has always been God. This is not to say that the Father and the Son are one person. The scriptures teach that the God of […]