Church – What Its All About
Denominations, communion, and what believers should be doing when they gather together.
Index Of “Doing Church” Articles:
Church Is Not A Spectator Sport
Church Is Not A Spectator Sport
In my youth, I had a friend who once declared to me that “Sex is not a spectator sport!”. I’m pretty sure he felt, as a young man, that he was making a very profound and insightful comment to me at the time, no matter how carnally minded he happened to be. And in a way, it was a profound statement. It actually is a statement that applies similarly to the Church, in… Continue reading
Considerations On The Nature And Unity Of The Church Of Christ
Considerations On The Nature And Unity Of The Church Of Christ
By: John Nelson Darby – Founder Of The Plymouth Brethren Church
“That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” – John 17:21
“And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord,” – Luke 12:36
THE writer of these pages… Continue reading
The Notion Of A Clergyman
The Notion Of A Clergyman
Dispensationally The Sin Against The Holy Ghost
By: John Nelson Darby – Founder Of The Plymouth Brethren Church
It is necessary to give a brief account of the following tract, which is now published for the first time. It was intended to be published at the time; but the printer and publisher showed it privately to some of the influential clergy before it was published, and I was surrounded and entreated not to publish it… Continue reading
What’s Wrong With The Church Of Our Day And Age?
What’s Wrong With The Church Of Our Day And Age?
What’s the problem with the Church? Lack of education. Did you expect that answer?
Home schooling – primarily biblically-based Christian home schooling – is probably the only cure for the decay of our society coupled with biblically-based home churches and sacrificial efforts at evangelism, evangelism that is rooted in Scripture, that challenges the unsaved with the Law of God, a measuring rod that shows that none of us measure… Continue reading
Pastors: Shepherds Of Flocks Or Egotistical Control Freaks?
Pastors: Shepherds Of Flocks Or Egotistical Control Freaks?
As the title of this article clearly points out, a leader in a local church can be a shepherd WATCHING over a local church congregation or he can be a control freak RULING over a local congregation. The most biblical format of leadership in a local church is a plurality of elders, not a solitary pastor. That plurality of elders should be in place to serve as checks and balances… Continue reading