Over the years, Christians have pondered the best way to handle the massive amount of sexual temptation that overruns the modern culture. Living in a country where so many songs, television shows, movies, books, social media outlets are consumed with visual displays of sex, immodesty, and the normalization of fornication Christians must fight an uphill…

Christ is the head of the church (Col. 1:18). He has all authority and power (Matt. 28:18). Christ ordained that elders were to oversee and shepherd churches (Acts 20:28). Each congregation is responsible for appointing the men that meet the Lord’s qualifications, and those elders rule over the church where they reside; each church has…

Christ possesses the sole authority in the church, being the head of the kingdom (Matt. 16:18,19; Eph. 1:20-23). Christ appointed elders to be overseers of the local congregations that make up the universal church (Acts 20:28; Heb. 13:7, 17). Every church in the Lord’s kingdom should be organized with elders to shepherd and protect the…

As established previously, Christ has sole authority in the church, which is His kingdom (Matt. 16:18-19; Eph. 1:20-23). As head over all things to the church, Christ alone dictates the operation and organization (John 15:1-2). We should not go to anyone other than Jesus and the inspired writers of the New Testament to learn the…

Christ is the head of the church There should be no question as to who is really in the greatest position of authority. Christ proclaimed in His return from the dead, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). Likewise, God testified in the Scriptures to the authority of Christ,…

Traditionally, the churches of Christ do not incorporate cultural festivities or man-made religious holidays into the worship service. In order to maintain the church’s first-century identity and biblical authority, the churches of Christ do not go “above [beyond] that which is written” (1 Cor. 4:6). The church only includes those actions in worship that God…

The death of a loved one can be a most detrimental tragedy within the time one is allotted on this earth. Such horrendous heartbreaks can cause even faithful Christians to take a step away from God or abandon their faith completely. The one source of comfort that many of us possess is knowing that we…

No sin in all of scripture aroused more indignation in Christ than hypocrisy. On eight occasions Christ exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of His day, pointing out their blatant disregard for the essence of true spirituality. His exposing of inconsistent faith stood as a warning to all who claim to be Christians because…

Popular Christianity measures faith by what rather than how. Faith in the Son of God, and belief that God did raise His Son, Jesus of Nazareth, from the tomb of Golgotha results in the salvation of man. Many understand faith by what is believed and not how it is lived. Faith in Christ alone will…

Who Were the Pharisees? The Pharisees in the Bible were members of a religious group or party that frequently clashed with Jesus Christ over his interpretation of the Law. The Pharisees probably got their start under the Maccabees, about BC 160, emerging as a scholarly class dedicated to the teaching of both the written and oral law and…