West Point Church of Christ

08/14/2026

It’s so simple if you stop isolating scripture, and get the entire picture.😇

08/07/2026

08/04/2026

Please answer these questions, if you believe a soul must do nothing to be saved.😇

07/29/2026

WAS THE BIBLE COPIED CORRECTLY?

One of the most common objections to Christianity is that the Bible has been copied so many times that we can no longer know what it originally said.

At first, that sounds reasonable.

After all, if a document has been copied by hand for centuries, wouldn't mistakes accumulate until the original message was lost?

The problem is that this objection ignores the evidence.

The New Testament is the most well-attested document from the ancient world. Today, scholars have access to more than 5,800 Greek New Testament manuscripts, over 10,000 Latin manuscripts, and thousands more in other ancient languages. In total, there are over 24,000 manuscript copies and portions of the New Testament available for comparison.

To appreciate how remarkable that is, consider other famous ancient works. The writings of Julius Caesar survive in about 10 manuscripts. The historian Tacitus is preserved in just a handful of copies. Yet few people question whether we know what those authors originally wrote.

Not only do we have an enormous number of manuscripts, but many of them are very early. Portions of the New Testament can be dated within decades of the original writings. Complete manuscripts appear far closer to the originals than those available for most ancient literature.

Because we possess so many copies from different regions and centuries, copyist mistakes are often easy to identify. If a scribe accidentally omitted a word, misspelled a name, or skipped a line, scholars can compare thousands of manuscripts and detect the error.

Think of it this way. If there were only one surviving manuscript, mistakes would be difficult to identify. But when thousands of manuscripts agree with one another, they function as checks and balances.

Critics often point to the existence of textual variants. However, the overwhelming majority are minor differences involving spelling, word order, or grammar. In Greek, changing the order of words often does not change the meaning of the sentence. Most variants are so insignificant that Bible translators simply note them in the footnotes.

Even skeptical textual scholars acknowledge that no major Christian doctrine depends on a disputed passage.

Then there are the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Discovered beginning in 1947 near the Dead Sea, these manuscripts included portions of every Old Testament book except Esther. Some of them were over 1,000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts previously available.

Critics expected significant corruption of the text over time.

Instead, they found remarkable consistency. The book of Isaiah, for example, was found to be substantially the same despite being copied over many centuries. The differences that existed were overwhelmingly minor and did not affect the message of the text.

The Bible was not preserved because people copied it perfectly.

It was preserved because so many copies were made that mistakes became detectable.

In fact, the manuscript evidence for the Bible is so extensive that scholars can compare copies from different countries, centuries, and language families to reconstruct the original text with a very high degree of confidence.

Every ancient document was copied.

The question is whether it was copied reliably.

When judged by the same standards historians use for every other ancient work, the Bible stands in a category of its own.

07/29/2026

REMARKABLE STORY OF THE CHURCH OF Christ: A JOURNEY BACK TO THE BIBLE

The story of the Church of Christ is one of the most fascinating movements in Christian history. It is not the story of a man seeking fame, nor of a denomination seeking dominance. Rather, it is the story of men and women who became convinced that the only way to truly follow Christ was to return to the teachings and practices of the New Testament.

The Beginning: A Desire for Unity

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Christianity in Europe and America was deeply divided. Countless denominations existed, each with its own traditions, creeds, and practices. Many sincere believers became troubled by these divisions and began asking a simple but powerful question:

"Why can't Christians simply be Christians, just as they were in the first century?"

This question sparked what later became known as the Restoration Movement.

A Call to Restore New Testament Christianity

Leaders such as Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, and Walter Scott encouraged Christians to put aside human traditions and religious creeds and return to the Bible as the only authority for faith and practice.

Their rallying cry was simple:

«"Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent."»

Their goal was not to establish another denomination but to restore the church that Jesus Christ established.

No Human Founder

One of the unique characteristics of the Church of Christ is that it does not recognise any human founder. Members believe that Jesus Christ alone founded His church, as recorded in Matthew 16:18.

For this reason, the Church of Christ rejects the idea that it began in the nineteenth century. Instead, it teaches that the church began on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and thousands obeyed the gospel.

Following the Pattern of the Early Church

The Church of Christ strives to imitate the worship and organisation of the early Christians described in the New Testament.

Its worship typically includes:

- Singing praises to God without instrumental accompaniment.
- Prayers.
- Teaching from the Scriptures.
- Observing the Lord's Supper every first day of the week.
- Giving voluntarily for the work of the church.

Congregations are autonomous, with each local church being led by qualified elders and served by deacons according to the New Testament pattern.

The Power of Simple Christianity

What attracted many people to the Church of Christ was its simplicity. Instead of relying on traditions, members were encouraged to study the Bible personally and obey God's Word.

Its central message is that salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, confession of faith, and baptism for the forgiveness of sins, followed by a faithful Christian life.

Growth Across the World

From small beginnings, the Restoration Movement spread rapidly across the United States and eventually reached Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and many other parts of the world.

Missionaries established congregations, trained preachers, translated Bible materials into local languages, and planted churches in communities that had never heard the gospel.

Today, the Church of Christ exists in more than 150 countries, with millions of members worshipping and serving God while striving to follow the teachings of the New Testament.

The Lesson for Every Christian

The greatest lesson from the story of the Church of Christ is that God's Word remains the highest authority. Every generation is challenged to examine its beliefs and practices in the light of Scripture and to seek the unity for which Jesus prayed.

The Church of Christ continues to invite people everywhere to become "Christians only"—not by following human traditions, but by following Jesus Christ and His Word.

"And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." — Acts 11:26

May the story of the Church of Christ inspire every believer to search the Scriptures diligently, love the truth sincerely, and remain faithful to Christ until the end.

07/28/2026

07/21/2026

Why is it so hard for people to comprehend, that Paul in (Ephesians 2:8) was speaking of works of the law of Moses. He wasn’t excluding works of obedience. (Matthew 7:21)😇

04/19/2026

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