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by John R. Gentry What do you think of when you hear the word church?  The word church is used in many different ways by people today.  The word church is defined as those called out for a specific purpose.  It simply means the people whom Jesus has called by the gospel: “To this he [...]

Name: Christian Acts 11.26; 26.28 1 Pet. 4.16 We’re cheating this week with three memory verses instead of two, but you can do it. These three verses comprise the totality of the New Testament’s usage of the word “Christian.” What can we learn about a Christian from these texts? And when he [Barnabas, JRG] had [...]

When A Christian Sins Acts 8.22; 1 John 1.9 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. Acts 8.22, ESV (31) Simon the sorcerer had heard the good news about the name of Jesus and his Kingdom, that is [...]

WHAT IS THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN GALENA? John R. Gentry What do you think of when you hear the word church? The word church is used in many different ways by people today. The word church is defined as those called out for a specific purpose. It simply means the people whom Jesus has [...]

Encouraging Episodes Larry Ray Hafley While in a meeting recently, a brother casually mentioned that last year he had taken two young people to a nearby gospel meeting where J.T. Smith was preaching. He said that both were baptized two months later and both mentioned the sermon J.T. preached as one that “bothered” them and [...]

Will You Come? If you are not a Christian, we would encourage you to become one; just a Christian. We don’t want you to leave your church and join ours. We want you to leave any church that you can’t find in God’s book and obey the gospel and let the Lord add you to [...]

Christ, Creeds, Christians And The Church This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15.8-9). Simply Christians When the church of Christ was established on the first Pentecost after Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection as [...]