By Mike Willis In recent months, we have seen several articles which have called brethren back to Christ-centered preaching. Indeed, Christ should be the central focus of our preaching (1 Cor. 2:1-5). These articles generally charge that brethren have been guilty of preaching a church-centered or institution-centered message rather than a Christ-centered message. We always are …
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The Conversion Of The Jailer
By Donnie V. Rader After the conversion of Lydia, as Paul and his travel companions went to prayer, a slave girl who had a evil spirit followed them crying out, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation” (Acts 16:17). Paul, being annoyed, cast the demon …
Can One Out of the Church.
By Irvin Himmel It is a popular opinion that one church is as good as another. Many people stoutly deny that church membership is essential to salvation. Without doubt, much confusion has arisen in the public mind pertaining to salvation and the church due to misconceptions of the church and misunderstanding of what one must do …
Church Autonomy
By Mike Willis The word “autonomy” is defined as “the quality or condition of being autonomous; self-government; any state that governs itself.” The word “autonomy” does not appear in the English Bible. How-ever, the concept of church autonomy certainly does. The Biblical Concept of Autonomous Churches In the Bible revelation of the government of the church, …