The New Testament church had a simple, God-given organization — apostles in the foundation age, then elders (a plurality overseeing each congregation), deacons who serve, and evangelists who preach — with Christ alone as Head and no office above the local church. The New Testament never…
When Jesus rolled up the scroll at Nazareth, He gave us a picture of His whole work: He closed the book on Old Testament prophecy by fulfilling it, completed God’s revelation as the final Word, and will one day close the book on human history and…
A study from Hebrews 10:24–25 on Church Of Christ and Faithfulness. Ed Rangel examines the New Testament pattern for the local church and its scriptural foundation.
A study from Matthew 16:18 on Church Of Christ. Ed Rangel examines the New Testament pattern for the local church and its scriptural foundation.
A study from 1 Timothy 5:1–2 on Church Of Christ. Ed Rangel examines the New Testament pattern for the local church and its scriptural foundation.
A study from 2 Corinthians 4:7 on Church Of Christ. Ed Rangel examines the New Testament pattern for the local church and its scriptural foundation.
To enter the kingdom a man must be born again — begotten by the Spirit through the word and delivered through the water of baptism; “born of water and the Spirit” is not natural birth and not a direct, wordless work of the Spirit, but the…
Salvation is in Christ, and to be in Christ is to be in His body, the church; therefore no one — however good — is saved outside the church, because every saving blessing God gives is found only there. This question makes people uncomfortable, and it…
Jesus has been misunderstood by enemies, crowds, and even His own disciples; but His claims allow only two honest verdicts — base impostor or Son of God — and to understand Him rightly we must receive both Himself and His kingdom. On the Emmaus road two…
The sin that struck Ananias and Sapphira dead was not stinginess and not even mere lying to men; it was hypocrisy before God — the loss of the sense that God inspects the heart — and that sin is as deadly to a congregation now as…