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You Do Need CENI: Biblical Authority Is Not a Free-for-All

April 14, 2026

Biblical Authority Bible Authority

There is a reason people say they believe in biblical authority and then turn around and defend practices the New Testament never authorizes. The problem is usually not that they suddenly hate the Bible. The problem is that they have abandoned the only honest way to determine what the Bible authorizes. Once that happens, “biblical authority” becomes little more than a religious slogan, and men begin justifying whatever seems helpful, effective, or harmless.

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Why Institutionalism Fails the Test of Biblical Authority

April 14, 2026

Biblical Authority The Church

Many younger Christians have never heard the word *institutionalism*, so the issue needs to be stated plainly. Institutionalism is the practice of the church doing its work through human institutions, organizations, or centralized arrangements that are not found in the New Testament pattern. In simple terms, it is when men build structures larger than or separate from the local church in order to do work God assigned to the church.

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Is Christ Divided?

March 21, 2026

Biblical Authority Church Order Authority of Scripture Church Unity

Christ is not divided, and His people must not build their spiritual identity around men, parties, camps, or movements. This lesson confronts sectarian thinking and calls believers back to belonging to Christ alone under the authority of Scripture.

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Does the Bible Authorize Women to Preach Publicly?

February 26, 2026

Biblical Authority Church Order 1 Corinthians 14 1 Timothy 2

The Bible honors women’s service, teaching, and labor in the gospel, yet apostolic teaching restricts authoritative public teaching over men in the church (1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34–35). Rooted in creation—not culture—this calls for submission to divine structure over modern preferences.

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