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The Church, the Ministry, and the Work
The Ground of the Church
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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