Why Be An Elder?
Why You Should Not Be An Elder Why would a child aspire to conduct an orchestra? Probably because he is fascinated by the way conductors wave their arms and appear to be in control of everything. He has no idea of...
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The Outer Appearance
"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (1 Sam. 16:7). "For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and...
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The Cross and the Crown
Theologians tell us that the first mention of a subject in Scripture is particularly instructive. This is certainly true of the subject of the Church. Matthew 16 records its first mention (v. 18) in the Bible and this passage provides...
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The Secret of the Church
The church is God's idea. We can't help but notice the forceful and determined words of the Lord Himself in Matthew 16:18, "I will build My Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew has already shown...
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Tick Talk
Time. We are conscious of it more than ever with the infamous "Y2K" now upon us. Could this be the year the Lord returns? Maybe. Not because of any prophetic significance to the year 2000, but because His return is...
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My Brother’s Keeper
A wise son heareth his father's instruction"; "A fool despiseth his father's instruction" (Prov. 13:1; 15:5). Many assembly problems would never become serious if we could wisely give and receive correction. Here is God's advice: ON THE MATTER OF GIVING CORRECTION 1....
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Danger!
The local assembly is a beautiful thing. It is not an impractical theory or an unreachable lofty spiritual ambition available only to a few. The assembly really works, even in this and--if the Lord has not returned--in the next century. But...
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New Testament Life
Believers "gathered to the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ" should live under the authority of that Name. We must guard against a superior attitude towards believers who may know little church truth yet are mature in their practical walk. New...
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