Debates and Issues

A Review of Homer Hailey's The Divorced & Remarried Who Would Come To God Does God require those who were married, divorced, and remarried whi...

Pursuing Jesus in the 21st Century Western World Across the western world, every sign indicates that Christianity is on a steep decline. Church mem...

Should musical instrumentals be used in worship in the New Testament Church? 28 page booklet.

“The following pages contain an answer to the challenge made by the secretary of the Tennessee Christian Missionary Society, sent forth to “our con...

The Patton-Diestelkamp Discussion on "continuous cleansing", a brief yet thorough study of forgiveness.  37 pages, paperback

Once again within the Lord's church there are voices calling out for "change." The changes they seek are diverse. Some of the advocated changes rel...

A Study in Contemporary Problems with Change Agents Among Churches of Christ. A valuable and thorough examination of the change movement.

This debate took place April 12-15, 1988, between Alan E. Highers of the church of Christ and Given O. Blakely of the Independent Christian Church ...

For the last 15 years, the homosexual community has been publishing children’s books promoting homosexuality, starting with the book Heather Has Tw...

Walton Weaver presents a good examination of the biblical doctrines of unity and fellowship with a special section which reviews "Free In Christ" b...

When MC Kurfees set aside a day in his class for young preachers to discuss the significance of the Greek verb "psallo", he put in motion a study w...

This book is designed to warn brethren about the changes taking place in institutional churches of Christ and especially address the attempts by so...

A guidebook for assessing change in the churches of Christ. This book deals with issues facing the institutional churches of Christ. Change agents,...

From the academy to pop culture, our society is in the throes of change rivaling the birth of modernity out of the decay of the Middle Ages. We are...

Otey-Briney Debate on instrumental music and the societies concerning the Christian's liberty when the Bible is silent.

The subjects being addressed in these lectures discuss areas of concern regarding the survival of Christianity in America. Christianity is not an A...

Hermeneutics is the practice of interpreting the Scriptures. Recently, some brethren have been calling for a new way to practice Bible interpretati...

This debate was held November 7-10, 1950 in Quincy, Illinois. Four propositions involving two questions were discussed. The number of cups (drinki...

This debate is one of the most famous of the debates on Institutionalism. Both participants were well qualified to represent their respective posit...

Romans 14 and Fellowship This booklet explains and provides information about the reason for conflict on fellowship as it pertains to divorce and r...

To many, the New Testament's teaching on divorce and remarriage seems to be both impractical and unfair. The "plain" meaning of the texts allows fo...

Revisiting the Neglected Command of Church Discipline It is the sad truth that an individual could have been sitting in the pews of many congregat...

Christians Navigating the Storms of Mysticism, Leadership Struggles & Sensational Worship This study applies insights from historical research ...

A Guidebook for Helping Young Christians Deal with Change in the Church Designed to equip teens to critically analyze how destructive change creeps...