Subject: need for a bible-anyone |
Bible Note: RAVEN: You wrote: 'If I ask you who was the founder of your church who would you say that would be? If you ask me I could only give one answer and that would be Jesus Christ because He said, "I will build My church".' That would be the answer that I would give as well for "my church." Of course, looking at it another way, I could point to Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell as key founders (or "restorers," as you prabably like to view it) of the Churches of Christ, couldn't I? You also wrote: "No denomination can say that truthfully, because all denomiations add or subtract from the bible according to the traditions of men." 1. How do you define a "denomination," and how do the Churches of Christ not constitute a "denomination"? In other words, what makes a denomination a denomination? I have heard the "evils of denominationalism" promoted for some time by those who are Church of Christ, and I would love to hear from the horses mouth exactly how they distinguish between the Chruches of Christ and a "denomination." 2. Please explain in more detail how your church is free from the possibility of doctrinal error simply because it is not (at least the way you see it) part of a denomination? There may have been no denominations in the first-century church, but we see the writings of the apostles battling false teaching left and right. --Joe! |