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TGOC ADDS TELEVISION
STATIONS IN TWO WICHITAS
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST is pleased to announce that its programs are now being aired on television stations in "two Witchitas"—Wichita, Kansas, and Wichita Falls, Texas. As some of our readers are aware, the KSBI television network out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, airs our programs on Sunday mornings between 8:30 and 9:00 o'clock on UHF channel 52 and Cox Cable channel 9 in Oklahoma City and on other UHF and cable channels throughout Oklahoma. Recently, however, we learned that KSBI also is reaching at that same time into Wichita, Kansas (channel 41) and Wichita Falls, Texas (channel 48). We wanted to bring this to the attention of our readers, in the hope that some of you might be able to access those programs. Happy viewing!
TGOC ANNOUNCES
TWO MORE LESSONS
IN ITS NEW
TOPICAL SERIES OF LESSONS
We are pleased to announce in this newsletter the availability of the next two lessons in our newly revised Topical Series, with James Gravelle as the speaker. As James begins part one of his two-part series on "The Distinctive Nature of the Church," he asks his viewers to imagine that they had a friend who was present on the Day of Pentecost described in Acts 2 when the Lord's church began, and who became a member of the church on that occasion. James then sets forth the following scenario. "Suppose you asked your friend the following question: 'To what church did the Lord add you?' " James then asks, "Would your friend say that he had been added to the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, or perhaps the Pentecostal Church? Of course not. It could not have been any of those, since they did not come into existence until between 600 and 1,600 years later. So, to what church were the people added on the Day of Pentecost? If we can answer that question, then we will have a basis for finding the same church today."
Using that question—"To what church were the people added on the Day of Pentecost?"—James launches an extensive investigation into the biblical characteristics that can be found only in the true church of Christ, such as the fact that the church will have the right: (a) Builder (Mt. 16:18); (b) Foundation (Ps. 118:22; 1 Cor. 3:11); (b) place of origin (Is. 2:2-3; Lk. 24:49; Acts 2); (d) name (Is. 62:2; Rom. 16:16); and (e) organization (Tit. 1:5; 1 Tim. 3:1-7 and Tit. 1:6-9).
As James begins part two of his series on "The Distinctive Nature of the Church," he picks up right where he left off at the end of part one by noting that the true church of Christ will have the right: (f) creed—the Bible (2 Pet. 1:3; 2 Tim. 3:16-17); (g) undenominational nature (Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4; Col. 1:18); (h) admission requirements (Rom. 10:17; Jn. 3:16; Lk. 13:3; Rom. 10:10; Acts 2:38); and (i) worship (prayer, singing, giving, partaking of the Lord's Supper, and preaching/teaching). James draws his series to a close by quoting Matthew 25:31-34,
- "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.' "
James then makes the observation, "I don't know about you, but I certainly want to be included among that group of people who goes to Heaven." That's certainly something to think about, isn't it?
Both of these new lessons are now available on our Website, where you will find them in video, audio, and written transcript formats. We invite you to examine them for yourself, and to share them with others.
MORE BIBLE QUIZZES
IN OUR "HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY"
SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
In the March 20, 2007 edition of this newsletter, we announced the availability on our Website of our new Bible quizzes. When we made that announcement, we pointed out that among those quizzes were three that dealt specifically with Bible history and geography. Then, in our November 27, 2007 newsletter, we announced the addition of three more quizzes on Bible history and geography. Today we are pleased to announce that we have added another three quizzes to that section of our Website (www.thegospelofchrist.com/quiz). We invite you to test your Bible knowledge by taking any or all of these nine quizzes.
WHY NOT FORWARD
THIS NEWSLETTER
TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS?
From time to time, we like to remind the readers of our newsletter to encourage others to sign up to receive the newsletter, too. It's free, and arrives in their email in-box only once every two weeks (so it never becomes a nuisance). This particular edition of our newsletter would be a good one to forward to relatives, friends, or other people whom you know—since it contains links to James Gravelle's two lessons on "The Distinctive Nature of the Church." Why not invite people to view or listen to these two programs? And, while you're at it, inform them about our Bible quizzes, crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, and transcripts (with study questions). Our guess is that they will thank you for such information. And, who knows? They might even tell others about TGOC!
We also would like to encourage you to advertise our Website address ( www.thegospelofchrist.com ) by placing it in church bulletins, announcing it publicly at worship services, etc. As always, if we can offer any assistance, please call on us. We are here to serve.
Sincerely,
The Staff at THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
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