The Significance of the Restoration Movement
             This article discussed the Restoration Movement and the stipulations and events that were involved with the movement. It was brought about in large part by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell in the early 19th century. The first main topic discussed was the Biblical movement. This gave examples of how there are many people out there who consider something to be a Biblical movement because it has something to do with the Bible or an interpretation of a passage in the Bible etc. I really liked what Stone said about it being better to have one Book and enter into heaven than to have many and enter into hell. We just have to remember that we are called to preach the gospel.
             I loved how the article discussed preaching the gospel. That is the number one thing that should be preached even today. The article also had a lot of good stuff to say about the Holy Spirit and faith and opinion, but what I really want to get into is the last section, which was on the New Testament church.
             The article talked about how some people are confusing what this New Testament church is all about. Some people think that it means basically getting rid of the Old Testament. However, that isn't the case at all. The New Testament church simply means that you have a church nowadays that is based on the first century church.
             I personally think this is the best plan yet. The funny thing is that I had never even heard of it until I came to this school. In theology we learned about covenant, and now we're learning about how to follow the first century church's example. This makes a lot of sense to me because these were the first Christian people ever to exist on earth. Therefore, God was obviously involved in their church, and He even gave people like Paul the right words to help lead these churches. It seems obvious to me that this is the way God wanted churches to function.
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