Apologetical Articles

Video:   Here is a great exploration of the topic "all body ministry" from this great work on the Priesthood of all believers. 

In the last post, I  spoke of a usurpation that took place in the post-apostolic period of the early church; and this action was to put in place a partly Old Testament; partly worldly system in place: Clergy/Laity" division.  These terms are both biblical terms but they do not and cannot speak to what we are informed by Christendom-- they speak to one group. that is, God people (Laos) as God's inheritance (Kleros). And this is the great tragedy. Now what does this all mean? how does it effect the biblical portrayal of the universal all-body ministry as seen in the many 'one another' passages. Below I have selected one of the great passages on this truth. Let us consider its words: "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,   bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.   And above al

  What is the primary thing that is consistently destroying the life of the ecclesia?   It is the institutional usurpation of the way things were meant to be carried out in the body of Christ. Let me make this point clear-- for much of the last 1800 years (but more so, from 325ad onwards) everything that we assume to be the correct manner is not only error; it is a danger to the health of the church.  In other words, the hierarchical system has no scriptural bearing.  The church as it was brought into existence through Christ and His Spirit by means of His apostles was an organic reality and not an institutional system. Take note of the following passages and tell me that what we have today in Evangelicalism (Today: institutional Christendom)  is what Christ put in place.  Paul teaches us that the function of the church is an internal all body dynamic-- and that all believers are to be participants and not spectators of some grand show: "And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the

    This is a brilliant book on a rather thorny issue:  the Pastor.  And I agree with the contention of this book that the  scriptures do not give us a warrant for this institutional position known as a Pastor. Let us stand back from the traditions we have enbibed from the church and scrutinise them from the biblical data.  The chapters (or videos) that are crucial for us to understand on this matter are as follows: (1) The New Testament pattern for church life and rule (chapter 2 in the book; video 2) (2) The System Corrupted (chapter 3 in the book; video 3) (3) Four New Testament Words Misused  (Chapter 5 in the book; video 5)  (4) The all-body Ministry of believers (Chapter 7 in the book; video 7). And this one chapter alone is worth the price of the book.  All in all, this book is a great expose of this false position which has mangled the church. I know a whole lot more has taken place in order for this all to take place as the book documents. But we need to recognise the main iss