Jan 19, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The words “demon” and “demons” are found exactly (twenty-four; thirty-four; forty-four; fifty-four) times in the Bible. Never In the Old Testament words “the devil” are found exactly (four; thirty-four; forty-four; zero) times....
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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 ....
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
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...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
How many different kinds of churches did the Lord start? Did the Lord say anything about the perpetuity, or continuation, of His church? What do he say? Should we assume that the church, or the KIND of church, that the Lord started is still in existence? From where...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
What does the Bible say about separating ourselves from error? If it is Biblical to separate from error, is it unbiblical to separate from those who refuse to separate from error? What would you guess does the term “Secondary Separation” mean? (Separation...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Last Sunday, when Bro. Nimmo showed me his picture of George Washington being baptized by John Gano, he also handed me a taped interview of a pastor who has just written a 600 page book on Baptist history in America. I confess to having some skepticism as I began to...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
As far as I know, all of the original colonies in the Americas had state-authorized and state-supported churches, except for Rhode Island. What was the only accepted denomination among the French and Spanish? In the beginning what were the only approved religions in...
Jan 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
I am not a friend of Baptist denominations, associations or fellowships. I have learned from personal experience that it is hard for a group of independent Baptist preachers to call themselves a “fellowship” before they start behaving like an entity unto...
