The Church That Jesus Built

If Jesus started His church while here on this earth, where is the church today? This book, written in 1923, cuts through a cloud of confusion to clarify the connection between Christ's ministry and the local churches of today. A great book for someone searching for a Biblical and historical explanation of the local New Testament Church.

Jesus Christ said that He would build His Church and that it would never die out. Is today's Christianity, with its hundreds of denominations with widely differing beliefs and practices, the Church Jesus promised that He would build? -- Inside this Bible study aid booklet: -- A People Special to God -- The Historical Background of the Term Church -- 'Church' and 'Congregation' in the Scriptures -- A Spiritually Transformed People -- The Apostles: A Case Study in Conversion -- The Responsibility and Mission of the Church -- What is the True Gospel? -- Is Today the Only Day of Salvation? -- The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity -- Changes in Christian Scholars' Perspective on God's Law -- Early Trends That Affected the Future of the Church -- The Church of God Today -- What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice? -- The Church as the Bride of Christ

Introduces people to Church Removes the mystery to people with a non church background

Only read this book if you want your universe to shrink, your world to grow, and the Bible to fall in line with your senses. Years of research across many different topics have yielded two undeniable facts. One, the experts are not any closer to the available evidence than we are, and two, the Bible is never wrong. If we can approach this topic without bias, we will find that an Intelligent Alternative Design - a design that does not require us to ignore evidence or embrace non-Christian ideals - is waiting to be revealed.

The general purpose of this book is to provide a broad understanding of the background and message of the New Testament. It opens with chapters on the time between the Old and New Testaments, giving information on history, institutions and literature, and goes on to discuss the language of the New Testament, the text and its transmission, the canon, and the individual books of the New Testament. For each of them the author provides a helpful outline and introduces the reader to a greater understanding of the text by a discussion of such matters as purpose, background, date, authorship, characteristics or principal concepts, taking into full account the most significant findings and interpretations of recent scholars. The author also provides general essays on the Gospels and on the Epistles.

Karl Keating defends Catholicism from fundamentalist attacks and explains why fundamentalism has been so successful in converting "Romanists". After showing the origins of fundamentalism, he examines representative anti-Catholic groups and presents their arguments in their own words. His rebuttals are clear, detailed, and charitable. Special emphasis is given to the scriptural basis for Catholic doctrines and beliefs.

Today, there are literally hundreds of churches, all teaching different things. But the New Testament declares, "God is not the author of confusion" (I Corinthians 14:33). If God is not the author of confusion, who is? The truth is, men are the authors of confusion in our religious world.In Matthew 16, verse 18, Jesus said, "I will build My church." Did He? The truth is, He did, and the church Jesus built is revealed in the Bible, from prophecies in the Old Testament, to its fulfillment in the New Testament. The New Testament tells when and where it came into existence, and every aspect of that church Jesus built.Everyone should learn about the church of the New Testament which Jesus built.