Sound Doctrine Archive

You Must Belong To A Church

There are those who because of their experience with the church as an organisation have vowed not to belong to any church though they call themselves Christians. Others have charged the church with hypocrisy. Now, if anyone believes in Jesus, then belonging to a church must be a part of that belief. You see, the Bible commands us not to abandon meeting together . The …

Growing Into Conformity

The modern distinction between the “carnal Christian” and the “Spirit-filled Christian” is a dangerous one. If a carnal Christian is described as one whose fallen nature has not yet been changed by grace, it is a contradiction in terms. If a person is carnal in the sense that the Holy Spirit resides in him without affecting his constituent nature in any way, then he is …

Great But Humble

…though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ (Ephesians 3:8). Think of Paul, think of greatness. You will not think of him as the least of saints at all. Apart from Jesus Christ, he is the greatest personality in Christian history. He single handedly authored 13 of the 27 …