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Why I Love the Church, Part 1

This article explains how the church is being built by the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Church’s Builder The Life of the Church Series: Sermon One

Christ has told us that he will build his church, and we have his promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against it (Matthew 16:13-28).

A Well-Ordered Church - The Church's Relation to Christ

This book discusses the identity, authority, mission and ecumenicity of the church. This chapter focuses on the identity of the church. The author maintains that one cannot think about the church without thinking about Christ, and one cannot confess faith in Christ without being a member of the church.

Christ Himself in the Assemblies of His People

This article is about the gathering together of believers in the name of the Lord. God calls believers to assemble together, and promises that Christ will dwell in their midst.

Christ and His Church - A Bride From Eternity

This article on Ephesians 5:22-33 describes Christ's relationship to the church in terms of a marriage relationship. This marriage relationship can be understood in the context of Old Testament arranged marriages.

Christ Is All and in All

This article is about the church and her union with Jesus Christ.

Are You Disillusioned with Jesus?

Was John the Baptist or his disciples disillusioned with Jesus? Are you ever impatient with the progress of the gospel in the world or the seeming ineffectiveness of the church? The article provides an exposition of Matthew 11:2-4, and from there it encourages you to trust Jesus to use the means of grace to change the world.

Christ and the Identity of the Church

This article is about the identity of the church and the nature of the lordship of Christ over his church.

Married to the Heavenly Bridegroom, the Glorious Christ

With Christ as the centre of heaven, and the believer being conformed to Christ, the glory of Christ, the heavenly bridegroom, will be the centre of everything, and this is seen in how the believer prepares himself for that big day. Let the article explain.

Israel and the Church: Three Models for the Relationship

Looking at the relationship between the church and Israel, this article gives three models that are often used to explain this relationship: the church replacing Israel, the church incorporated into Israel, and Jesus as the Saviour of the world. This author is in favour of the third model.

The Good Shepherd

The Bible portrays the relationship of Christ and His church through the image of a shepherd and his sheep. The example of sheep points to the Christian's tendancy to stray, their vulnerability and their need for the flock. In contrast, the image of Shepherd points to Christ as one who protects, nurtures and gathers the sheep.

The Church and the Holy Trinity: God the Son

The believer has a relationship with each person of the Trinity. This is reflected very well in baptism. This article explains the relationship between Jesus Christ and the church, and how this shapes church life.

Christ Himself in the Assemblies of His People

This article explains what it means that the Lord Jesus is present in the midst of those gathered as his church. In the explanation, the author includes describing this gathered group as an institution of God's redemptive grace. Also included are the requirements needed to constitute such a gathering and the promises that God gives to his people who are part of such a gathering.

The Title: The Church

In a polemic seemingly against the Roman Catholic Church's understanding of the church as an institution, Calvin rejects the notions of Rome that place authority in the church in the hands of mere man rather than in the truth of Scripture.