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New Spiritual Sword a must read
In the latest edition of The Spiritual Sword, the question “What is happening to us?” is examined. Many issues that are being discussed and disagreed over are covered in the issue, including homosexuality, the role of women, denominationalism, instrumental music, and postmodernism. One issue, however, stood out and caused me a little shock. At the [...]
‘Am I a member of the true church of Christ?’
After reading Mark Lindley’s article, What is the Church of Christ? , a sincere reader asks: I am not a member of a labeled Church of Christ, but a non-denominational church (although I understand that COC is not to be considered denominational) so according to the write up, I am considered part of the true [...]
The ‘un-denominational’ church
by Matt Clifton One of the most misunderstood doctrines of modern times is the doctrine of the church, and how the Lord’s church is not divided into “denominations.” Many insist that different religious bodies can worship differently, and hold different interpretations of scripture, and yet both still be correct. This, of course, cannot be true. [...]
Is the church of Christ a denomination?
by Matt Clifton It is the desire of the church of Christ to practice only what is found in scripture, and nothing that is absent. One idea that is conspicuously absent from scripture is denominationalism. We read of one body (Eph. 4:4), the body of Christ, which is the church (Col. 1:18). We do not [...]