Who is a Christian? We have neither the right to require less than God requires or to require more.

Things We Should Believe

God's Church, God's Plan: Membership

Paul's involvement with the Corinthian church demonstrates some principles for working out the specifics of fellowship with other believers.

God's Church, God's Plan: Fellowship

A concern to be a church modeled after the intent we find revealed in the New Testament invites us to a concern for unity and a call to all who would follow Jesus to be Christians only.

Christians Only

In a world where the common understanding of the church is that it consists of what one writer has called a "bewildering array of churches," we appeal to follow only Christ and be "just Christians."

A Mooring in a World of Choices

In a post-Christian society where Christians are akin to foreign missionaries, God's people will do well to remember the lessons for preaching and living as Christ's body as they are illustrated in Acts 3 and 4.

Christ in the Community (Acts 3:1-4:31)

Being aware of the many New Testament figures to describe God's covenant community gives us a greater understanding of our identity and mission. To get a feel for the potential of such study, this lesson focuses on the letter to the Ephesians.

Christ's Body: A Gallery of Pictures

The tendency by some to narrowly refer to the Lord's church by one "name" often belies a sectarian spirit that is unbiblical and hinders a call to be just Christians, free from any denominational allegiances.

"Right Name"? - Wrong Question

The church is secondarily important to Christ, but that does not mean it is of little or no importance. As the community comprising Christ's body, the church is vital to its members and the world at large.

Church Matters

In order to find truth, we must be willing to always look at God's word in a honest way that admits that we too can learn and change, even when the subject is something we are sure we know well.

Looking at the Word With Eyes Wide Open

With respect to seeing our children make a faith commitment, we search for an answer that does not deny the religious experience of the child from a Christian home while maintaining the real meaning of believer's baptism.

The Problem of Accountability

Are infants and young children proper subjects for baptism? This lesson studies this historical question in light of the New Testament.

Baptism: What About the Children?

Does it matter what a baptizer says when baptizing a person? Are there New Testament qualifications for baptizers? Both questions have been asked and created concerns among some. We offer an answer.

Baptism: Some Questions of Practice

A response to some often asked questions raised when we teach that baptism is essential for salvation.

Is That What We're Saying?

Peter's response to his hearers' desperate question, "what shall we do?" answered both the problem of their guilt over a specific sin and the problem of how to resist sin's ongoing effort to keep us enslaved.

Baptism and Sin (Acts 2:36-39)

Paul assurance to the Romans reminds us that baptism was the point in time where our participation with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection brought about the change that broke sin's grip on our hearts and makes it possible to live a holy life before God.

Baptism and New Life (Romans 6:1-14)

Scripture's clarity on the fact that Christianity is a taught faith requires occasional reviews of the faith's fundamentals. However, caution must be exercised to make sure we are teaching what we should believe, not merely what we have always heard.

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Things We Should Believe

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