of the Reformation, churches opposedinstruments in stronger language thanwe would likely use today. Martin Luther,founder of the Lutheran Church, calledthe instrument "an ensign of Baal" (Mc-Clintock and Strong's Cyclopedia, fromLuther, Martin, Realencyklopadie FurProtestantische Theologie und Kirche...
The Christian Church and faithful churches of Christ are not only two different religious bodies, but they are diametrically opposed to each other.The apostle John wrote of certain apostate brethren of his day when he penned: "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they ...
Paul contrasts the law with grace throughout his letter to the Galatian churches. In Galatians 5:1, he told the Galatians to stand firm in the freedom that Christ brought to them. And not to be burdened again with the yoke of slavery to the law. The yoke of slavery represented the law...
Well, at the end of John 20, he tells us that he did many other things that are not written down, but these things are written down that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. So the evidence that he gi...
And so we see the Jews moving their negation of Jesus Christ into an outright warfare against Him. Now they are in control and no longer guilty of unbelief but on a campaign of imposing their will on everyone around them. And this is confirmed by St Paul when he says, “They are the...
When you lose your contentment, you miss the moments along the way because you are always chasing the next one. I know of a pastor who is trying to grow his church. However, he is constantly looking at bigger churches and has a secret desire (that’s not so secret) to be like those...
We are relentless in our drive to help each person who comes to camp see, hear, and experience Jesus Christ in a life-transforming way. Through this eternal impact, disciples are made and individuals, families, communities, and churches flourish. We strongly believe in the power of camp and...
from Jewish culture and, in Christianity, from times of persecution when the faith was practiced in the catacombs, as well as intercessory prayers said before the martyrs, buried there, who’d died for Christ. “Eventually, those bones were taken out of the catacombs and...
Some of the churches those preachers screamed in are boarded up, and some have been converted into condos. Plenty are still going, but the parishioners are more likely to believe in some QAnon dribble than any imminent Rapture. Nothing collective and congregational; everything is scattered now,...
a movement to replace the White Jesus has long taken root in America. In many Christian circles —progressivemainline churches,churches of colorshaped by “liberation theology,” and amongBiblical scholars— conspicuous displays of the White Jesus are considered outdated, and to some,offensive.In a...