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Discipline begets abundance.
Abundance, unless we use utmost care,
destroys discipline. Discipline in its fall pulls down with it abundance.

 

 


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A Study of the Local Church
Wed. Night Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse
Download the outlines:
Lesson1 - Attitudes Towards Open Study and Resolving Differences
Lesson 2 - The Need to Find Bible Authority
Lesson 3 - The Local Church and the Individual Christian
Lesson 4 - The Work of a Local Church
Lesson 5 - The Organization of a Local Church
Lesson 6 - The Fellowship of a Christian

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A Friendly Discussion on Mormonism

Held at the University church of Christ -
February 17, 2011

 


Following the Footsteps of Jesus
Bible Class by Larry Rouse

Download the current outlines:
Lesson1 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Baptism
Lesson 2 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Praying
Lesson 3 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Teaching
Lesson4 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus to the Cross

Lesson 5 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus to Heaven

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Building a Biblical  Faith

College Class

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A Study of Evangelism
(Studies in the Cross of Christ)
College Bible Class by Larry Rouse

 

A Study of the Life of Joseph



Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse

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Building a Biblical Home Bible Class Series

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On the Power of an Implication
 

by Doy Moyer
 

Every Christian believes in the binding power of an implication, including those who deny that implications have any binding power. How so? 

First, anyone who is a Christian today is one because of the acceptance of the implication that people of all places and all times ought to be Christians. After all, where is there a direct statement telling us that 21st century Americans should be Christians? We infer that Christianity was intended to be taken beyond the boundaries of the first century time-frame. If you are a Christian, do you believe this inference is necessary? If you don’t believe any inferences are necessary, then on what basis are you a Christian? 

Second, when we follow particular commands in Scripture, we do so because we have inferred that those commands are viable and vital for those beyond the original audience who first heard them. That these commands are viable and vital is evident, but if we believe we should be following particular commands that were given to the Roman, Corinthian, or Colossian Christians, then we do so on the basis of what is implied by Scripture and what we infer as interpreters. Are these inferences necessary? Are any inferences necessary? 

Now let’s look at a case in point. Take the statement by Jesus that the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind (Matt 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34). Would anyone deny that this is still the greatest commandment? I surely wouldn’t. But if you believe it is still the greatest commandment, then on what basis do you believe it? Why ask this? Because it illustrates the power of an implication. 

1. In context (and context is vital), Jesus was speaking about the Law and the Prophets. He said nothing, in that context, about the New Covenant. So if it is to be understood beyond the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Covenant), then we are inferring its necessity beyond the original context and the original audience. 

2. This command is not stated this way anywhere else in the New Covenant Scriptures. There are plenty of passages telling us to love one another. There are plenty of passages telling us to love God. But that loving God with all the heart, soul, strength, and mind is the greatest commandment? Where is that? The only place that is found is in a passage that contextually is speaking of the Law and the Prophets.

3. Where, even in the Hebrew Scriptures, does it say that loving God with all the heart, soul, strength, and mind is the greatest of the commandments? Yes, the command is there (Deut 6:4). But it doesn’t say it is the greatest commandment there. How were they to know this? If they were expected to know it, then they knew it by what is implied in the command. Interestingly enough, some did get it. For example, that lawyer who asked Jesus about inheriting eternal life answered the question correctly (Luke 10:25-29). How did he know that inheriting eternal life was so connected to loving God with all the heart? That is not stated in Deuteronomy 6. Where does that passage say anything about “eternal life”? Yet, Jesus said that the lawyer answered his own question correctly. That must have been a pretty significant inference. Was it a necessary one? Was it a binding one? 

Do you believe in the power of an implication? If you are a Christian, and you believe that loving God with all your heart is indeed the greatest commandment today, then you believe in the power of implication, and you have inferred that this is necessary for you. Indeed, it is exactly what needs to be inferred. 

So, really, the question is not whether implications and inferences (even necessary ones) are an important part of our understanding of the Scriptures. What we need to make sure of is that what we infer is reasonable, not forced. 

 

Other Articles by Doy Moyer
The Logic of Authority
Baptism and the Blood
Was Jesus Literally Forsaken?
The Problem With Creeds
It Is What It Is


 

 

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Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

Our God He Is Alive! (Evidences From DNA by Buddy Payne)
PowerPoint
Audio of Lesson

 

Making God Real to Us by Joshua Carter - Nov. 27, 2011
Outline
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

The College Christian by Harold Carswell - Nov. 6, 2011
Outline
Audio of Lesson (Part 1)
Audio of Lesson (Part 2)
Audio of Singing

My Struggle as a College Student by Kyle Gibson- Oct. 23, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

"I Press" by Dee Bowman
Aug. 21, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

When Evolutionist Tell the Truth by David Tant
Outline
PowerPoint
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

Situation Ethics by Caleb George - March 30, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

 

 


Studies by David Tant at the University church of Christ

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How to Study the Bible
College Class

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Monthly Bible Study in Lagrange
at the Eastside church of Christ in LaGrange, Georgia

Overcoming the Present Apostasy by Larry Rouse

 

Saturday October 9, 2010


9:30 AM
- How do We View the Bible?

Outline
PowerPoint
Audio

 

Saturday December 11, 2010

9:30 AM - How Do We View the World?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

Saturday May 14, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View God's Order for Leadership?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

Saturday June 11, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View the Local Church?

Outline
PowerPoint
Audio

 

Saturday July 9, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View God's instruction on Fellowship?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

 


Messianic Prophecies in the Book of Isaiah
Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse
Sunday Mornings at 9:30
Download the current outlines:
Lesson 1 - The Time and Reign of the Messiah
Lesson 2 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 42)
Lesson 3 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 49)
Lesson 4 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 50)
Lesson 5 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 52-53)
Lesson 6 - The Virgin Birth (Isa. 7)

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Sermon Series on the Book of 1 John
by Robert Harkrider

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Themes From the Life of David
Sunday Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse

 

A Study of Religious Beliefs

Wednesday Night College Bible Class

Download the current outlines:
Lesson 1 - Introduction and Approach
Lesson 2 - The Roman Catholic Church
Lesson 3 - An Overview of Islam
Lesson 4 - An Overview of Mormonism
Lesson 5 - An Overview of Pentecostalism
Lesson 6 - An Overview of Calvinism

 


Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

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