The Grace-Unity Movement

Candy Heart

The grace-unity movement has been one of the major controversies among brethren over the past twenty years or so. It is often called “unity in diversity” and it is the idea that we can continue to have unity despite our differences in matters that pertain to the faith because the grace of God saves us […]

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Who Is My Brother?

Two Men

“Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king” (1 Peter 2:17). The brotherhood that Peter mentioned was a special group of people. We know this because it was distinguished from “all people” in the same verse. Because a distinction was made, it would be good for us to understand who our brethren […]

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Why People Quit Church

It is a sad thing to see Christians fall away and forsake the assembly of the saints. We often wonder why someone would leave. An article posted today on the Christian Courier website looks at some of the reasons. Click here to read the article: Why People Quit Church

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Context

In studying the Bible, we often stress the importance of understanding the context of a passage, and rightly so. If we take a passage out of context, we could walk away with an understanding that God never intended us to have. I came across a good, brief article by Jered Smith in Ranger, TX that […]

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Impossible to Renew the Fallen

Walking Away

“For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again […]

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Easter in the Bible

This Sunday is when many religious people celebrate Easter. Easter is used to commemorate the resurrection of Christ. Just when this day began to be observed is unknown. The practice is absent from the pages of the Bible. However, we do have one mention of Easter in the Bible: “And when [Herod] had apprehended [Peter], […]

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Book Review: The Man of Galilee

In The Man of Galilee, Atticus Haygood sets out to show the reader that Jesus is the Son of God. He directs his writing toward the skeptic, and presents arguments that can be used to show the deity of Christ to someone before they believe that the Bible is the word of God. Haygood addresses […]

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