What were early church services like? Were they mainly focused on entertainment or scriptural messages? Were they like musical concerts or time to learn from the word of God? Did early Protestants condemn the bishops of Rome for changing the day of the Sabbath to Sunday? Did early Protestants end up proving to Roman Catholics that they did not believe in ‘sola Scriptura’ because of the Sabbath? What about the plan of God? Did early Christians teach the Platonic view that their goal was to attain to a ‘beatific vision’? Is the purpose of humanity mainly to give glory to God? Does the Protestant message miss why God made anything and why God made humans? What did Justin Martyr teach about going to heaven upon death? Is heaven the reward of the saved? Did Mithraism believe that? What did early Christians teach according N.T. Wright and Christopher Morse? What about the influence of Emperor Constantine? What is the state of the dead? Is soul sleep only an Old Testament concept that Christians should not accept? What were the three doctrines that A.N. Dugger said were unique to the Church of God that he felt no Protestant group actually held to? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more in this sermon related to how the Continuing Church of God differs from Protestantism.
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LATEST SERMONS
This is the second part of a three-part sermon series covering the letters, also called epistles, of 1,2, & 3 John. In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes over every verse in 1 John chapters 4 and 5. Topics include
John is believed to have written this book, also called a letter or epistle around 90 A.D. This is the first part of a three-part series by Dr. Thiel where he intends to go over every verse in 1, 2, & 3 John.
Would you like 18 tips on prayer? In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes over the following 18 tips on prayer (tips 1-10 were covered in his previous sermon): 11. Praying Positions from the Bible 12. Pray Every
What is prayer? Would you like 10 tips on prayer? After his introduction, Dr. Thiel plays a 20th century radio broadcast by the late Herbert W. Armstrong who spoke on prayer (as well as healing). Dr. Thiel
Are you familiar with Judas Kyriakos? He reportedly was the grandson named of Jude and the great grandnephew of Jesus. What does Kyriakos mean? According to Eusebius, he was the 15th bishop of
The Eastern Orthodox Church claims that Mark/Markus/Marcus of Jerusalem was the 16th bishop of Jerusalem with true apostolic succession. While the Roman Catholic Church and the Continuing
For this sermon, Dr. Thiel uses much of the Jim Rector information, but adds many scriptures and points that were not part of the original one. Are Christians supposed to be spiritual soldiers? The
The late deacon Richard Close was working on a sermon for the CCOG based on one about 'Gideon's Army' given by the former WCG minister Jim Rector who died in 2006. For this sermon, Dr.
In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes through each and every verse of the Book of Jonah. He answers questions such as when did the events happen, what was the relative importance of Ninevah, was
For this sermon, Dr. Thiel addresses questions on a variety of doctrinal, historical, and prophetic matters. Topics covered include: Do we know what the message of the seven thunders are?
Nearly every generation has had people who believed they were living near the end of the age. All who have prior to now were wrong. Yet Jesus Christ did not tell His followers to ignore world events.
Jesus said His followers would face persecution and should pray that their fleeing would not be on the Sabbath. The Bible clearly teaches that those who keep God’s commandments will be
What is predestination? What does the Bible teach about it? When was predestination done? Are people predestined to be saved? Is the majority of humankind predestined to be lost? Are the
While Greco-Roman Catholics and Protestants acknowledge Pentecost of Acts 2, they do not seem to realize God's plan related to firstfruits and the harvest of the latter rain. Do you have to be called by
What is Pentecost? Is it also known as the Feast of Firstfruits and the Feast of Weeks? Did the apostles keep it after Jesus' resurrection? Are offerings commanded in the Bible for that day? What is