Kitchens, Fellowship Halls and The Work of A Local Church
Description Does the New Testament authorize a local church to plan and provide for social activities? This questions may sound strange to many because so many churches including many who claim to be churches of Christ, practice these things without regret.They see no...Why Did We Leave And Why Are We Here?
Description A class that took several lessons to complete. It studies what happened to a local church I was working with in Brooklyn, NY when brethren refused to stand for and follow essential doctrines relating to Divine authority concerning the work of a local...Is Eating Blood Sinful?
Description I originally compased this short class as a lesson relevant to those in Philippines where I often vist and teach the gospel, my wife bein Filipino. Does the Bible approve, condmen eating of blood? Or, is it indifferent leaving it up to our personal...Is baptism necessary for us to be saved?
Concerning the necessity of baptism for salvation, the Scriptures teach that it is as necessary as anything else that God commands us to do in order to be saved, forgiven. That is, we must believe in Jesus as the Son of God, repent of our sins, confess Him to be the Son of God and be baptized in order to be forgiven. I believe this because the Scriptures plainly teach it. Jesus authorized the apostles to baptize people for forgiveness of sins and that’s exactly what they did.