This book is a resource to those active in teaching others concerning the most common denominational doctrines they're likely to confront. A great number of quotations from denominational sources documenet the doctrines, examines them from a scriptural viewpoint, and expose their foundational errors. It deals with the most common misconceptions in the religious world today. Developed after eight years of of daily, live call-in radio radio programs, it revals Sam's keen insight into many of the denominational doctrines and beliefs of those we try to teach.

 

Topics covered include the sabbath, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, dispensational premillennialism, Calvinish, faith, tongue-speaking, baptism, and the harm of denominationalism, among others.

 

This Book Will Significantly Affect Your View of: Your Own Fellowship with God • Every Single Christian in the World • Every Single Congregation in the World • Fellowship with a Local Church • The Harm of Denominationalism• Every Religious or Irreligious Person You Meet • Those Deceived by False Teachers • Every Controversial Question You Confront • The Non-Denominational Way of Christ • Squandering Less Time on Things God Never Intended • Minoring in Majors and Majoring in Minors • Spending More Time on Things God Really Desires • Confidence in Christ, Not an Organization • Doctrinal Disagreements Between Brethren • Non-Denominational Personal Evangelism • Dealing with Uncommitted Christians • The Development of the Crossroads Denomination • Practical Applications in Church Discipline • “Are You the Only Ones Going to Heaven?” • How Public Confession of Sin Should Be • The Restoration Movement in America

In Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage: The Uniform Teaching of Moses, Jesus, & Paul, Sam demonstrates how Moses, Jesus, and Paul all taught the same thing about this controversial subject.

It is generally thought that God tolerated divorce for a lesser reason than fornication in the Old Testament, even though he didn't want to, and that Jesus tightened the cause of divorce in the New Testament. Contrary to this general thought, the author shows the uniformity of Moses' teaching, Jesus' teaching, and that of Paul in the New Testament. This book deals with the issues! Practical examples are analyzed step by step. Issexual intercourse a right or a condition of marriage? In the Bible, betrothal was marriage, not engagement to be married. What is civil governments interest in marriage and divorce? Is divorce and remarriage private or church business?

 

Author Samuel G. Dawson develops the preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus as an urgent attempt to turn the Jewish nation back to God to avoid imminent national destruction. The Sermon on the Mount is viewed, not as a contrast between the Mosaic Law and the Teaching of Christ, but as Jesus correctly interpreting Moses to the Jews of his day. The parables of Jesus are then briefly analyzed, showing that each one of them is related to the reform of the Jews by Jesus. The study of the teaching of Jesus ends as Jesus concluded it, with a study of his pronouncement of imminent national destruction in Matthew 24, as well as a surprising study of Jesus' teaching on hell.

 

Although written by a serious non-denominational Bible student, preacher, and teacher of nearly 45 years, this book is not for the professional Bible scholar or theologian. It is for the independent Bible student who would like to know more of the Bible’s teaching without a denominational slant or dependence on a professional. In recent years, the availability of helpful reference works has exploded, as have resources on the Internet. As modern Bibles and the religious world are becoming more premillennial and Calvinistic, the emphasis on online easy-to-use Bible aids helps today’s student remain true to God’s word-for-word inspired text. You can take advantage of these new opportunities for yourself.

An eighteenth century Scottish poet wrote concerning war: “Rash, fruitless war, from wanton glory waged, is only splendid murder.” An older preacher used this quotation when he wrote concerning a particularly brutal doctrinal attack on another elderly preacher by a group of younger, treacherous preachers. While many controversies among Christians and churches aren’t this vicious, many Christians and congregations simply don’t know how to navigate personal and doctrinal clashes; and thus, do more harm than good. Such situations expose some noble and naïve souls to some pretty treacherous Christians. Yet, many Christians consent to much worse than Saul did at Stephen’s stoning while “consenting to his death” by just holding the coats of the stone-throwers. 

After more than 50 years among churches of Christ, and nearly 45 years of serious Bible study, teaching, preaching, and writing on his own, the author discusses eight problems facing churches of Christ in general. Having been treated royally by these brethren, this volume demonstrates how because of ignorance, lack of independent study, lack of skills for dealing with brethren with whom we disagree, tolerance of high-handed leaders, and codependence, churches of Christ are rapidly approaching extinction. His motive in describing the shortcomings he sees is not anger, nor is it to tear down a single one of these churches; but rather, it is to highlight problems most of us have known existed, perhaps for decades.

The author goes in-depth on Old Testament prophecy, including the return of Christ, the last days, the end of the age, the judgment, and the resurrection--all fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. This volume deals with the importance of time to God and his faithfulness in fulfillment of prophecies concerning time. Major topics discussed are the Olivet Discourse, II Peter 3, and Paul's preaching and teaching on the resurrection.

 

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