The New Jerusalem – Revelation 21:1 — 21:7

  After the Great White Throne Judgment and the dissolution of the heavens and the earth, what will probably be the next event in preparation for eternity (Rev. 21:1)? (New heavens and a new earth). How would you guess that the Lord will accomplish this? (An act...

Introduction and Preface to Old Landmarkism

I’m going to start something which is contrary to my contrary nature. I have striven throughout my ministry to make sure that my Sunday School Class studied the Bible. 90% of my lessons for the past 30+ years have been a direct examination of the Holy...

The Cotton Grove Resolutions

This morning we return to the Introduction of J.R. Graves’ book:”Old Landmarkism.” With more research, I have been able to discover a few things that I missed last week. For example, I did locate five references to the Cotton Grove Resolutions on the...

Just the Facts

As I said in our first lesson, if you have a copy of J.R. Graves’ book, you are more than welcome to read it at home or to follow along in our classes. And even though we will be using it as our “text,” I make no promise that I’ll be quoting it...

Things Equal to Each Other

Last week we looked at four foundational facts which underlie the ideas about church authority. First fact: “That Christ while on earth did build a Church, unlike any institution that had ever been seen.” That Jesus is still building His church...

According to the Pattern

Let’s begin this morning with some quotes from someone none of you probably have ever heard of. “Unless the professed followers of Christ organize upon the apostolic model they are not a church of Christ, although there may be . . . Christians among them ....

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

  We are looking at some of the distinctive marks of the churches of the Lord. If I put some black paint on my white Dodge and attached some red and blue lights; would that make my car a State Patrol Car? If I went to a costume store and rented a police uniform and...

The Ordinances

  We have been looking at some of the distinctive marks of the churches of the Lord. But why should we be taught to look for those distinctive marks? The Lord started one kind of church, and churches today should still bear those distinguishing marks. One reason that...

Baptism – Romans 6:3

 We have been looking at some of the distinctive marks of the churches of the Lord. We need to do this in order to know how to avoid those which are NOT the Lord’s churches. We need to make this study so that unto God may be glory in the church by Christ Jesus...

The Lord’s Supper – I Corinthians 11:2

 We have been looking at some of the distinctive marks of the churches of the Lord. We need to do this in order to know how to avoid those which are NOT the Lord’s churches. And we need to make this study so that “unto God may be glory in the church by...