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THE DEACONSHIP

(Acts 6:1-7) IN a similar discourse, relating to the eldership, we have set down a few facts concerning the two dis- tinct classes of congregational officers — elders and deacons.…

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THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM

(Acts 1-7) THE Jerusalem church is worthy of special mention 1 because it bears the distinction of having been the first church of Christ. It was established and nurtured under…

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CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

(Acts 4: 10-12) WE find a remarkable prophecy in Ps. 118 : 22. Re- peated by Jesus (Matt. 21:42). Explained fully by Peter in Acts 4 : 10-12. The Jews…

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CHRIST THE PROPHET

(Acts 3: 22, 23) JESUS of Nazareth the central figure of all ages. Was born and reared in the city of Nazareth, with- out any opportunity of acquiring an extensive…

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040415-N-6419K-011 Iraq (Apr. 15, 2004) - U.S. Navy Chaplain, Lt. Cmdr. Lulrick Balzora, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Fourteen (NMCB-14), prepares to baptize Construction Mechanic Kyle Ellis. Balzora baptized several members assigned to NMCB-14 and NMCB-74 using a 2.5 cubic yard front-end loader bucket as an improvised baptismal. NMCB-14 and NMCB-74 are currently deployed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Builder 2nd Class Jerome Kirkland (RELEASED)

CONVERSION

(Acts 3: 19) IN our text Peter says: 6 'Repent ye, therefore, and be converted." In the American Revised Version, it reads: " Repent ye, therefore, and turn." Conversion is…

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Humility

(Acts 3 : 12) THE spirit of Christianity, or the law of Christ, differs strikingly from that of the Mosaic law. The old covenant was the ministration of death, written…

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The Divine Body

(Acts 2:47) AMONG all the religious bodies in the world to-day, can we find and identify the body of Christ ? Has it been in existence throughout all the centuries?…

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CONTINUING STEADFASTLY

(Acts 2:42)   THE church at Jerusalem, typical in that it was the first church of Christ, serves as a pattern. Those who believed, repented, and were baptized, constituted this…

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