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From the co-workers in the Lord’s recovery in North America

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All Articles Alphabetically


  • Are the Local Churches Litigious?
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (1): The Genuine Ground of the Church According to the Teaching and Practice of the New Testament
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (2): Diligently Keeping the Oneness Requiring a Local Ground
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (3): Was the Church in Jerusalem a Regional Church?
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (4): Are "House Churches" Biblical?
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (5): God’s Choice versus Doing What Is Right in Our Own Eyes
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (6): The Ground of the Church Being for the Building Up of the Body of Christ
  • Assailing the Ground of Oneness (7): The Identifying Characteristics of a Genuine Local Church and the Forbidden Grounds of Division According to the Scriptures
  • Authority and Fellowship
  • A Balanced View of the Elders' Authority
  • Being Faithful to Our Brothers’ Complete Ministry Concerning the Practice of the Church (1)
  • Being Faithful to Our Brothers' Complete Ministry Concerning the Practice of the Church (2)
  • Being Overcomers with a Vision, Not Idealists with a Dream
  • Being Safeguarded by the Discernment in the Body
  • Caring for Both the Headship of Christ and the Fellowship of the Body
  • Christ, the Cross, and the Church
  • A Christian's Attitude toward Government and Politics
  • A Christian's Attitude toward Reforming Society
  • Coming to the Lord’s Table
  • Concerning Allegorizing the Bible
  • Concerning Campus Work
  • Concerning Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
  • Concerning Having One Publication Work
  • Concerning Hierarchy and Organization
  • Concerning Inoculation - "We Told You Beforehand"
  • Concerning the Boundary of a Local Church
  • Concerning the Church of Almighty God/Eastern Lightning
  • Concerning the Ministry's Attitude toward Sisters
  • Concerning Turmoils
  • Covering, Not Covering Up
  • The Crucial Role of the Sisters in the Church Life
  • Defense & Confirmation Project (DCP)
  • Dispensational Discipline
  • Does the Ministry Replace the Bible?
  • The Elders Avoiding Entanglement in Right and Wrong
  • Encountering Opposition
  • Facts Concerning Daystar Motor Homes
  • Facts Concerning Lily Hsu
  • Facts Concerning Statements Attributed to Max Rapoport
  • Facts Concerning Three Libel Lawsuits
  • Following the Vision or Following a Man
  • Forgiveness and the Building Up of the Body of Christ
  • Genuine Local Churches, Part 1 - Neither Autonomous nor Independent
  • Genuine Local Churches, Part 2 - Following the Teaching and Leading of the Apostles
  • Genuine Ministers of the New Covenant
  • God's Economy, Different Teaching, and the Central Line of the Bible
  • God's Government and God's Grace
  • Handling Allegations of Abuse
  • A Harmonious Coordination between Generations to Advance God’s Move
  • Hiding History?
  • A Historical Sketch of the Ministry's Teaching on the Practice of the Church and Its Administration
  • Holding Marriage in Honor
  • Israel in God's Economy (1) – An Introduction
  • Israel in God's Economy (2) - God's Calling, His Promises, and His Faithfulness
  • Israel in God's Economy (3) – God's Way of Dealing with Israel and the Nations and Its Issue
  • Israel In God's Economy (4) – Israel and God's Economy in the Present Age
  • Israel in God's Economy (5) – The Main Prophecies concerning Israel before the Lord's Coming
  • Israel in God's Economy (6) - Israel in the End Times, the Millennium, and Eternity Future
  • Israel in God's Economy (7) - Our Attitude
  • The Kind of Person the Lord Can Use to Turn the Age
  • Lawsuits and the Scriptures
  • Leadership in the Lord's Recovery, Part 1: The Lord’s Concept of Leadership versus Man’s Concept
  • Leadership in the Lord's Recovery, Part 2: The Biblical Pattern of Leadership
  • Leadership in the Lord's Recovery, Part 3: Applying the Biblical Pattern of Leadership
  • "Let Your Speech Be Always with Grace, Seasoned with Salt"
  • Love—The Basis and Power of Authority
  • Magnifying Christ in the Midst of Turmoil
  • The Minister of the Age, Not Infallibility
  • No Thought of Independence in the Bible
  • Obsession and Subjectivity
  • On 'Independent' Administration
  • The One Unique New Testament Ministry
  • The Ongoing Relationship between the Apostles and the Local Churches
  • Our Attitude toward Ecumenism
  • Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 1: Maintaining the Oneness with Fellow Believers
  • Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 2: The Vision of the Lord's Recovery Being Contrary to Today's Christianity
  • Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 3: Not Entangling the Work of the Lord’s Recovery with Others’ Work
  • Our Attitude toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help
  • Our Basic Choice
  • Preserving Human Life
  • The Proper Way to Deal with Problems in the Church
  • Properly Representing the Lord in the Exercise of Discipline
  • Psalms, James, and the Divine Inspiration of the Bible
  • Quenching the Flaming Darts of the Enemy
  • Questions and Answers about Apostles and Co-workers
  • Questions versus Questionings
  • Reading Only the "Pure Word" - A Dangerous and Unbiblical Notion
  • Receiving All Believers but Not Different Teachings
  • The Relationship between Living Stream Ministry and the Local Churches
  • The Relationship of Living Stream Ministry to the Ministry and the Work
  • A Response from the Church in Houston
  • Restoring Fellowship in the Body of Christ
  • Selected Ministry on the Apostles' Ongoing Role in Established Churches
  • Serious Errors Made Concerning the Fellowship among the Co-workers
  • Should We Not Warn One Another?
  • Some Questions and Answers Regarding Deputy Authority
  • The Source of Authority—The Lord's Presence
  • A Specious Claim of Racism
  • Spiritual Authority and Its Misuse
  • "Stealing" Meeting Halls?
  • Three Foundational Truths and Why They Matter
  • Twisting Ron Kangas's Words
  • A Warning about Rumors and False Witness
  • Were Max Rapoport and John Ingalls "Forced Out"?
  • When Problems Arise in the Local Churches: Avoiding Two Errors
  • Why We Read and Promote the Ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee
  • Words That Spread Death and How to Stop Them