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Jun 10, 2026
The kingdom of Christ is not a future, earthly, material realm awaiting His return; it is here now — begun at Pentecost, spiritual in…
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Jun 10, 2026
The "thousand years" is mentioned only once in the Bible — in the most figurative book of all — and cannot bear the weight…
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Jun 10, 2026
The decisive question about the second coming is not when but why — and Scripture answers plainly: Christ comes not to set up an…
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Jun 10, 2026
Every preacher labors under some authority and for some end; the gospel preacher goes out under the commission of Christ alone, responsible only to…
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Jun 10, 2026
Jesus established one church; it has never ceased; and because it was established at a definite time, place, and foundation, with definite terms and…
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Jun 10, 2026
When Jesus said "I will build My church," He spoke of a body still future — built on Himself, not on Peter — which…
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Jun 10, 2026
The New Testament church has identifying marks — undenominational, congregationally governed, missionary, made up of converted and worshipping and united and pure members —…
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Jun 10, 2026
The church was in the eternal purpose of God and the mind of Christ from the beginning; it is the true Israel, the saved…
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Jun 10, 2026
The church is by its very nature a missionary institution: its God-given mission is to uphold and spread the truth of salvation and to…
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Jun 10, 2026
The New Testament church spread the gospel to the whole world through the missionary zeal of independent local congregations — each one God's fully…
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Jun 10, 2026
The New Testament church had a simple, God-given organization — apostles in the foundation age, then elders (a plurality overseeing each congregation), deacons who…
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Jun 10, 2026
The church is glorious because Christ is its glorious Head, it wears the glorious names God gave it, it carries out God's glorious work,…
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