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What is the church of Christ?

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus promised to build a church. In Acts 2:47, Luke tells us that people were being added to that church. Thus, we can conclude that Jesus built His church sometime between His promise in Matthew 16 and Luke’s statement in Acts 2. Indeed, a closer study of the events in Acts 2 reveals that the Lord’s church was established on that first day of Pentecost following the Lord’s resurrection when Peter preached the first gospel sermon. That church is the church of Christ.

A common misconception about the church of Christ is that “The Church of Christ” is its name. It is not. The “church of Christ” is its description. The church of Christ is the church that belongs to Christ, that was established by Christ, that was built by Christ, and that was bought by Christ. It is not our church; it is His church, the Lord’s church. We are not voted into the church by men, and we do not join a church the way some might join a country club. Instead, God adds us to His church when we obey His gospel.

Are those in the church of Christ the only people who are going to be saved? Of course they are! God adds people to His church when they are saved. If you are not in the Lord’s church, then you are not saved. If you are saved, then you are in the Lord’s church. To be saved outside of the church of Christ is to be saved outside of the body of Christ – and that can never happen. Jesus is not just a way to the Father; he is the way to the Father. As Jesus said in John 14:6, “ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Thus, the real question is not what is the church of Christ, but is rather how do you become a part of the church of Christ? That question was asked in the first century as it is asked today, and the answer remains the same. We are saved and added to the Lord’s church when we obey the gospel of Jesus Christ. Like the Apostle Paul, we are saved when our sins are washed away at our baptism.

There is one church of Christ. If you are a member of something else or something more or something less, then you are not serving God according to His plan or according to His will. He wants you to be a Christian and only a Christian, wearing only the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the head and the savior of the church, His body.

Want to know more? Here are 10 things everyone should understand about the church, here are some common misconceptions about the church , and here is how God views the church.

What Must I Do?

What must I do? That same question was asked in Acts 2:37 at the end of the very first gospel sermon ever preached. Before we look at Peter’s answer in verse 38, let’s look at some answers Peter did NOT give.

What must I do? John Calvin answers, “Nothing!” According to Calvin, there is nothing we must do and nothing we can do. Each of us has already been personally predestined to Heaven or Hell without regard to anything we do on Earth, and so, logically, according to Calvin, the only answer to the question in Acts 2:37 is “Nothing.” But that is NOT how Peter answered that question.

What must I do? Many preachers today answer, “You must make Jesus the Lord of your life.” But that answer makes absolutely no sense then or now! Peter had just said in Acts 2:36 that “God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Jesus was already Lord of their lives! Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings, which means he is your Lord and your King whether or not you obey him or believe him. We obey Jesus because he is Lord and King – not to make him Lord and King.

What must I do? Many preachers today answer, “You must pray the sinner’s prayer and invite the Lord Jesus into you heart.” But no one in the Bible was ever told to do that. In fact, Paul prayed after he saw Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11), and yet Paul was still in his sins when Ananias met him three days later (Acts 22:16). Cornelius prayed to God always (Acts 10:2), and yet there remained something he still had to do after calling for Peter (Acts 10:6). If praying the sinner’s prayer was all that Paul and Cornelius needed to do, then why were Ananias and Peter needed?

What must I do? Listen as Peter answers that question: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38) That answer has not changed one bit in the intervening 2000 years. If your preacher is telling you something different, then you need a new preacher! “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16)

Want to know more? Here is God's Plan of Salvation.

An Outline of Isaiah

  • PART ONE: The Assyrian Period: Conflict and Victory (1 – 39)
    • Discourses and Prophecies Centering in Jerusalem and Judah (1 -12)
      • Isaiah's personal introduction to his book (1)
        • The sin-sick and rebellious nation (1-9)
        • Corruption hiding behind hypocritical worship (10-15)
        • God's call to reformation of life (16-20)
        • The lament over Jerusalem (21-23)
        • Redemption through purging (24-31)
      • Jerusalem: the ideal and the real (2)
        • Jerusalem the ideal (1-4)
        • Corruption: The people have forsaken Jehovah (5-11)
        • Judgment: A day of Jehovah (12-22)
      • Political and social confusion (3-4)
        • The wages of sin! (3:1-12)
        • Judgment of the rulers (3:13-15)
        • Indictment of vain and worldly women (3:16-26)
        • Jerusalem the redeemed (4:1)
        • The branch of Jehovah (4:2)
        • The escaped of Israel—the remnant (4:3-4)
        • Protection and guidance for the New Zion (4:5-6)
      • The vineyard and its fruits (5)
        • The song of the Beloved and his vineyard (1-7)
        • Woe to greedy land-barons (8-10)
        • Woe to heavy drinkers (11-17)
        • Woe to them who are enslaved to sin (18-19)
        • Woe to those who confuse moral distinctions (20)
        • Woe to the self-deceived (21)
        • Woe to the perverters of justice (22-23)
        • Terrifying judgment (24-30)
      • The vision and call of Isaiah (6)
        • Isaiah's vision of the land (1-5)
        • The consecration of the prophet (6-7)
        • The prophet's commission from Jehovah (8-13)
      • The Syro-Ephraimitic uprising (7)
        • The Syria-Israel confederacy (1-2)
        • Confrontation between belief and unbelief (3-9)
        • The sign of Immanuel (10-17)
        • The devastation from Assyria (18-25)
      • Assyria: the overwhelming flood (8)
        • The sign: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (1-4)
        • The overwhelming flood: Assyria (5-8)
        • Only Jehovah shall be your fear (9-15)
        • Bind up the testimony (16-18)
        • To the law and the testimony (19-22)
      • The dawning light (9)
        • Light shines in darkness (1-3)
        • The basis of this joy (4-7)
        • The arrogance of Ephraim (8-12)
        • Israel to be cut off, head and tail (13-17)
        • The devouring fire: wickedness and civil war (18-21)
      • The use and doom of Assyria (10)
        • Visitation and desolation (1-4)
        • Assyria: Jehovah's rod (5-11)
        • The Assyrian's boast and Jehovah's response (12-19)
        • A remnant shall return (Shear-jashub) (20-23)
        • Be not afraid! Though on his way, the Assyrian shall be brought low (24-34)
      • The King, His subjects, and the remnant (11)
        • The Shoot of Jesse (1-5)
        • The character of the citizens (6-10)
        • The remnant (11-16)
      • Rejoicing and thanksgiving of the remnant (12)
    • Oracles of Judgment Against Individual Nations (13-23)
      • The oracle against Babylon (13)
        • The call to arms (1-5)
        • The terror of the day of Jehovah (6-16)
        • The completeness of the destruction (17-22)
      • A taunting song over the fall of the tyrant (14:1-27); the burden of Philistia (14:28-32)
        • Compassion on Jacob (1-2)
        • The taunting song against Babylon (3-11)
        • The fall of the mighty (12-20)
        • It is the vengeance of Jehovah (21-27)
        • The oracle against Philistia (28-32)
      • The burden of Moab—1 (15)
        • Crying, weeping, and trembling over desolation (1-4)
        • The prophet's lament (5-9)
      • The burden of Moab—2 (16)
        • Moab's hope (1-5)
        • Moab's rejection of this hope (6-12)
        • The fixed time of the visitation on Moab (13-14)
      • The burden of Damascus (17)
        • The judgment against Damascus (1-3)
        • The leanness of Jacob (4-11)
        • The destruction of the invader (12-14)
      • Ethiopia (18)
        • The ambassadors and the prophet's word to them (1-3)
        • Jehovah is in control (4-6)
        • Ethiopia's homage to the Lord (7)
      • An oracle concerning Egypt (19)
        • Threats (1-4)
        • Natural and economic disaster (5-10)
        • Foolish counsel (11-15)
        • No spirit—only fear and terror (16-17)
        • Promises (18-25)
          • The transition from threats to promises (18)
          • Jehovah to be known to Egypt (19-22)
          • Universal worship of Jehovah (23-25)
      • Egypt and Ethiopia: the trust that failed (20)
      • Babylon, Dumah, and Arabia (21)
        • Babylon, the wilderness of the sea (1-10)
          • The hard vision (1-5)
          • The watchman and his mission (6-10)
        • The burden of Edom (11-12)
        • The burden upon Arabia (13-17)
      • The valley of vision: Jerusalem (22)
        • Rebuke of the people's spirit of frivolity (1-14)
        • The failure of the stewards (15-25)
      • The burden of Tyre (23)
        • The judgment of Tyre and the effect of her fall (1-7)
        • Jehovah, the executioner of the judgment (8-12)
        • The fate of Phoenicia: Though cast down, Tyre's prosperity shall be restored (13-18)
    • World Judgment and Deliverance of God's People (24-27)
      • A world judgment (24)
        • Desolation of the earth and the world city (1-13)
        • Premature rejoicing and more judgments (14-23)
      • Hymns of thanksgiving for the divine mercy (25)
        • A hymn of thanksgiving for victory over the terrible ones (1-5)
        • Jehovah's feast for the nations (6-8)
        • The joy of those who wait and the destruction of the proud (9-12)
      • Glory to God for His righteous deeds! (26)
        • Praise for the strong city (1-6)
        • The effects of Jehovah's judgments (7-10)
        • The Lord Jehovah versus "other lords" (11-15)
        • From failure to victory (16-19)
        • Wait for Jehovah (20-21)
      • The overthrow of world power and ingathering of Israel (27)
        • The new vineyard (1-6)
        • Expiation and desolation (7-11)
        • The ingathering of the outcasts (12-13)
    • Jerusalem-Zion: Warnings and Promises (28-35)
      • Drunkards—and the Stone in Zion (28)
        • Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim (1-6)
        • Woe to the drunken rulers in Judah (7-13)
        • The rulers' covenant with death and Jehovah's foundation stone in Zion (14-22)
        • A parable from agriculture (23-29)
      • Woe to Ariel—and to those who hide their counsel from God (29)
        • Woe to Ariel (1-14)
        • Woe to those who hide their plans from God (15-24)
      • Woe to the pro-Egyptian policy (30)
        • Any alliance with Egypt is bound to fail (1-17)
        • Prosperity through God's grace (Messianic) (18-26)
        • Jehovah's vengeance on Assyria (27-33)
      • Woe to them that go down to Egypt (31)
        • God is also wise (1-3)
        • God's providence: fierce yet compassionate (4-5)
        • Call to repentance (6-7)
        • Destruction of Assyria (8-9)
      • The new order; warning, judgment, and blessedness (32)
        • The new order (1-8)
          • The righteous King and spiritual illumination (1-4)
          • Moral distinctions are now clear (5-8)
        • Warning, judgment, and blessedness (9-20)
          • Warning to careless women (9-12)
          • The judgment to come (13-15)
          • Rest and quietness at last (16-20)
      • The defeat of Assyria and victory of Jerusalem (33)
        • Woe to the destroyer (1-6)
        • The broken covenant and the devouring fire (7-16)
        • The glory of Israel's King and Jerusalem-Zion (17-24)
      • Judgments of the nations and Edom (34)
        • Judgment of the nations (1-4)
        • Judgment against Edom—a sacrifice (5-7)
        • The judgment: total desolation (8-15)
        • The certainty of the devastation (16-17)
      • The way of holiness (35)
        • The New Song (1-4)
        • Cause for the rejoicing (5-7)
        • The highway (8-10)
    • Historical Link (36-39)
      • The threat to Jerusalem (36)
        • The emissaries sent by Sennacherib (1-3)
        • Rabshakeh's defiant speech (4-10)
        • The Jews' request (11-12)
        • Rabshakeh's second speech (13-20)
        • The report to Hezekiah (21-22)
      • Victory through faith (37)
        • Desperation, and an appeal to Isaiah (1-7)
        • Sennacherib's renewed effort to persuade Hezekiah (8-13)
        • Hezekiah's prayer before Jehovah (14-20)
        • Jehovah's response—and answer to Sennacherib (21-29)
        • A message of assurance to Hezekiah (30-35)
        • It is done (36-38)
      • Hezekiah's sickness and recovery (38)
        • Hezekiah's sickness and prayer (1-8)
        • Hezekiah's psalm of lamentation and thanksgiving (9-20)
        • Hezekiah's healing (21-22)
      • Not Assyria, but Babylon (39)
        • Prophet versus king (1-4)
        • The word of doom (5-8)
  • PART TWO: Hope for Troublous Times (40-66)
    • Introduction (40)
      • A prologue (1-11)
        • Comfort: pardon through grace (1-2)
        • Make preparation (3-5)
        • The enduring word (6-8)
        • Declare the tidings (9-11)
      • The incomparable greatness of Jehovah (12-31)
        • Jehovah and creation (12-14)
        • Jehovah and the nations (15-17)
        • Jehovah and the idols (18-21)
        • Jehovah and the princes of the earth (22-25)
        • Jehovah and the glorious assurance (26-31)
    • The contest between Jehovah and the Idols (41-48)
      • Jehovah's confrontation with the idols (41)
        • Jehovah addresses the nations (1-7)
        • Jehovah addresses Israel: What He will do (8-20)
        • Jehovah challenges the idols: What can you do? (21-29)
      • Jehovah's Servant and Israel's punishment (42)
        • Jehovah's Servant (1-9)
        • A new song of praise to Jehovah (10-17)
        • Israel, Jehovah's blind and deaf servant, to be punished (18-25)
      • "Ye are my witnesses … Besides Me there is no Saviour" (43)
        • A renewed promise to Israel of deliverance and protection (1-7)
        • A fresh challenge to Israel and the nations (8-13)
        • Jehovah's power to remove obstacles in redeeming his people (14-21)
        • Israel's indifference—Jehovah's grace (22-28)
      • The folly of idolatry (44)
        • Israel's blessings in spite of the curse (1-5)
        • Israel's King—the only God (6-8)
        • The shame and folly of idolatry (9-20)
        • Pardon and praise (21-23)
        • Cyrus the deliverer is named (24-28)
      • "Unto Me every knew shall bow" (45)
        • Jehovah addresses Cyrus: his mission (1-7)
        • Heaven's cooperation invoked (8)
        • Jehovah's response to Israel's complaint (9-13)
        • The effect of Israel's redemption upon the Gentiles (14-17)
        • Jehovah's purpose in creation (18-29)
      • Jehovah and the gods of Babylon (46)
        • The shame of Babylon's gods (1-2)
        • The glory of Israel's God (3-11)
        • Salvation is drawing near (12-13)
      • Jehovah's judgment pronounced on Babylon (47)
        • The humiliation of Babylon (1-7)
        • Babylon's blasphemous claims and their consequences (8-11)
        • The failure of Babylon's occult arts (12-15)
      • Assurance of deliverance (48)
        • Rebuke of Israel's hypocrisy and stubbornness (1-11)
        • Jehovah's faithfulness (12-16)
        • What might have been and what will be (17-22)
    • The Servant and the Glory of Zion (49-57)
      • The Servant and despondent Zion (49)
        • Endowments for his work (1-4)
        • The enlarged mission (5-7)
        • Salvation and succor (8-13)
        • Zion's complaint and amazement (14-21)
        • Jehovah's assurance to Zion (22-26)
      • The Servant as a suffering prophet—a soliloquy (50)
        • Rebuke to the exiles for thinking themselves rejected (1-3)
        • The Servant's soliloquy (4-9)
        • Light for believers, sorrow for unbelievers (10-11)
      • Encouragement for Prostrate Zion—1 (51)
        • Hearken! An exhortation to the faithful (1-8)
        • An appeal to Jehovah and his reply (9-16)
        • Jerusalem, Awake! Standup! —Her tragic plight (17-20)
        • Jehovah's gracious promise (21-23)
      • Encouragement for prostrate Zion—2 (52:1-12)
        • Awake, Jerusalem! Put on your beautiful garments (1-6)
        • The herald of good news, and an exhortation (7-12)
      • Victory through vicarious suffering (52:13-53:12)
        • Exaltation of the Servant (52:13-15)
        • Acquaintance with grief (53:1-3)
        • Ill treatment: the Servant's vicarious suffering (53:4-6)
        • Total submission of the Servant (53:7-9)
        • Victory and reward (53:10-12)
      • The future splendor of Zion (54)
        • The joy and enlargement of Zion (1-8)
        • "As the waters of Noah" (9-10)
        • Jerusalem's glory and permanence in the Messianic age (11-17)
      • The great invitation: free mercy for all (55)
        • Come and partake without price (1-5)
        • "Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found" (6-13)
      • Consolation for the rejected: a rebuke of the blind watchman (56)
        • Consolation for foreigners and eunuchs (1-8)
        • A rebuke of the blind watchmen (9-12)
      • A rebuke of the wickedness of Isaiah's day (57)
        • "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord" (1-2)
        • Idolatry and faithlessness severely rebuked (3-13)
        • The condescending love of God (14-21)
    • National sins, redemption by Jehovah, and future glory (58-66)
      • Right and wrong observances of fasts and Sabbaths (58)
        • Cry out! Spare not! (1-2)
        • Hypocritical formalism versus true fasting (3-12)
        • Proper observance of the Sabbath (13-14)
      • Sin: The wall of separation (59)
        • Jehovah's change against the people (1-8)
        • The prophet's reply: A confession of wickedness (9-15a)
        • Jehovah's response: Vengeance and deliverance (15b-21)
      • Glorious Zion—1 (60)
        • Made glorious through the light of Jehovah's presence (1-3)
        • Made glorious through the return of her children (4-9)
        • Made glorious through offerings (10-14)
        • Made glorious through her eternal excellency (15-18)
        • Made glorious through Jehovah's everlasting light (19-22)
      • Glorious Zion—2 (61)
        • The herald of good tidings (1-3)
        • The mission and blessing of the redeemed (4-9)
        • Zion's burst of praise (10-11)
      • Salvation is drawing near (62)
        • The new name and glory of Zion (1-5)
        • Jehovah's protection and provision for Zion (6-9)
        • Salvation of the Daughter of Zion (10-12)
      • Vengeance, mercy, and a prayer (63)
        • Jehovah's vengeance on His enemies (1-6)
        • Jehovah's enduring love for His people (7-9)
        • The people's response: Rebellion (10-14)
        • An impassioned prayer for mercy and help (15-19)
      • A fervent prayer (64)
        • Prayer for Jehovah's presence and action (1-7)
        • A renewed cry for mercy (8-12)
      • Jehovah's response to the prayer (65)
        • Destruction of the apostates: a just recompense (1-7)
        • Salvation of a remnant—destruction of the faithless (8-12)
        • Blessings and judgment (13-16)
        • The new heavens and the new earth (17-25)
      • Jehovah's judgments—Zion's rejoicing (66)
        • Jehovah's greatness and the abomination of idolatry (1-6)
        • Blessings in the New Zion (7-14)
        • Indignation against the idolaters (15-17)
        • Jehovah's glory proclaimed to the world and the response (18-24)

God's Plan of Salvation

You must hear the gospel and then understand and recognize that you are lost without Jesus Christ no matter who you are and no matter what your background is. The Bible tells us that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Before you can be saved, you must understand that you are lost and that the only way to be saved is by obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1:8) Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
You must believe and have faith in God because “without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6) But neither belief alone nor faith alone is sufficient to save. (James 2:19; James 2:24; Matthew 7:21)
You must repent of your sins. (Acts 3:19) But repentance alone is not enough. The so-called “Sinner’s Prayer” that you hear so much about today from denominational preachers does not appear anywhere in the Bible. Indeed, nowhere in the Bible was anyone ever told to pray the “Sinner’s Prayer” to be saved. By contrast, there are numerous examples showing that prayer alone does not save. Saul, for example, prayed following his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11), but Saul was still in his sins when Ananias met him three days later (Acts 22:16). Cornelius prayed to God always, and yet there was something else he needed to do to be saved (Acts 10:2, 6, 33, 48). If prayer alone did not save Saul or Cornelius, prayer alone will not save you. You must obey the gospel. (2 Thess. 1:8)
You must confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Romans 10:9-10) Note that you do NOT need to make Jesus “Lord of your life.” Why? Because Jesus is already Lord of your life whether or not you have obeyed his gospel. Indeed, we obey him, not to make him Lord, but because he already is Lord. (Acts 2:36) Also, no one in the Bible was ever told to just “accept Jesus as your personal savior.” We must confess that Jesus is the Son of God, but, as with faith and repentance, confession alone does not save. (Matthew 7:21)
Having believed, repented, and confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, you must be baptized for the remission of your sins. (Acts 2:38) It is at this point (and not before) that your sins are forgiven. (Acts 22:16) It is impossible to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ without teaching the absolute necessity of baptism for salvation. (Acts 8:35-36; Romans 6:3-4; 1 Peter 3:21) Anyone who responds to the question in Acts 2:37 with an answer that contradicts Acts 2:38 is NOT proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Once you are saved, God adds you to his church and writes your name in the Book of Life. (Acts 2:47; Philippians 4:3) To continue in God’s grace, you must continue to serve God faithfully until death. Unless they remain faithful, those who are in God’s grace will fall from grace, and those whose names are in the Book of Life will have their names blotted out of that book. (Revelation 2:10; Revelation 3:5; Galatians 5:4)

25 Lessons on Isaiah

These 25 lessons on Isaiah were taught by Jess Hall, Jr. in 2010 and 2011 at the Katy church of Christ in Katy, Texas. You can download the detailed class notes, listen to an audio copy of each lesson, or watch a video of each lesson. Enjoy!

Isaiah Lessons

Baptism in the Bible

Matthew 28:19

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Mark 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:36

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Acts 22:16

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Romans 6:3

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Romans 6:4

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Galatians 3:27

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Ephesians 4:5

One Lord, one faith, one baptism.

Colossians 2:12

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

1 Peter 3:21

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Want to Know More?

Please read this lesson on baptism from our series of lessons on Thought Provoking Questions.

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We have 25 lessons on Second Corinthians. In this epistle, Paul continues to deal with problems facing the church in Corinth, which now include an influx of false apostles who are belittling Paul and demeaning his apostolic authority.

We have 13 lessons on the books of First & Second Peter. Were those books written by Peter? Was Peter the first pope? Why were those books written? Are false teachers still a problem today?

We also have 23 lessons on the book of Romans. These lessons take you on a verse by verse study of what many consider to be the most beautiful book in the Bible.

We have 25 lessons on the book of Ezekiel. These lessons take you on a verse by verse study of this fascinating but often neglected book from the Old Testament.

We have 11 lessons about Elijah and Elisha. These notes provide a verse by verse study of 1 Kings 16 through 2 Kings 13, as well as a lesson about the role of Elijah in the New Testament.

We have 13 lessons on James and Jude, the two letters written by the earthly (half)-brothers of Christ. They have much to tell us about the Christian life and how we are to contend for the faith in a godless world.

We have 25 lessons on Thought Provoking Questions with over 500 pages of detailed class notes and special handouts. Topics include: Marriage & Divorce, Baptism, The Role of Women in the Church, End Times, Mormonism, Social Drinking & Gambling, Instrumental Music, The Lord's Church, Evolution & Intelligent Design, Forgiveness, the Holy Spirit, the Afterlife, Secular Humanism, Premillennialism and the Rapture, The Restoration Movement, Alleged Contradictions in the Bible, The Christian and the Law, Time and Chance, The New Hermeneutic, God and Politics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Islam, and Muhammad.