{"id":425,"date":"2005-03-02T07:32:34","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-03-02T08:07:20","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T12:07:20","slug":"christ-the-purpose-of-a-driven-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/christ-the-purpose-of-a-driven-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ: The Purpose of a Driven Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Church the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/archives\/000836.php\">hope of the world<\/a>? What is the purpose of<br \/>\nthe Church? What are the guiding principles of the Church? I?m not going to<br \/>\nanswer those questions, just link to a bunch of good articles that deal<br \/>\ntangentially with this. I may get to the question later but I have a lot on my plate right now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survey of Bible Doctrine: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bible.org\/page.asp?page_id=424\">The Church<\/a> by Sid Litke\n<\/li>\n<li>Bob Deffinbaugh gives us an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bible.org\/page.asp?page_id=417\">Introduction<\/a> to the New Testament Church<\/li>\n<li>This site is simply<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/knowtheword.gospelcom.net\/bible_occupied.html\"> occupied<\/a> with Christ<\/li>\n<li>Donald L. Norbie strike a pleasant chord of assembly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehouse.org\/tracts\/dnassemblyharmony.htm\">harmony<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steve Hulshizer surveys the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.votbg.org\/hulshizer003.htm\">marks<\/a> of a New Testament church<\/li>\n<li>A tale of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thesword.ca\/taletwo.htm\">two churches<\/a> by Mark Frees<\/li>\n<li>John Scarsbrook has two pieces on fellowship in the local church <a href=\"http:\/\/www.preciousseed.org\/articles\/vol56n1jscarsbrook.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.preciousseed.org\/articles\/vol56n2jscarsbrook.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Ritchie takes a look at assembly <a href=\"http:\/\/sunflower.singnet.com.sg\/~syeec\/literature\/assembly.html\" target=\"_blank\">privileges<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alfred P. Gibbs talks about the importance of New Testament principles in a local gathering in an essay where he talks about why he meets among those known as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.votbg.org\/apg_spog.htm\">the Brethren<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Church the hope of the world? What is the purpose of the Church? What are the guiding principles of the Church? I?m not going to answer those questions, just link to a bunch of good articles that deal tangentially with this. 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