{"id":97595,"date":"2026-08-28T18:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=97595"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:47:04","slug":"how-to-teach-the-same-things-in-every-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-to-teach-the-same-things-in-every-church\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach the Same Things in Every Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Hugh DeLong<\/p>\n<p>That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church (I Corinthians 4:17).<\/p>\n<p>Paul did not teach different things to different churches. There is, of course, <b>one <\/b>faith (Ephesians 4:4-6). All teaching is based on what the apostles and prophets of the first century revealed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They were guided into <b>all <\/b>truth (John 16:13), and they wrote what had been revealed unto them (Ephesians 3:3-5).<\/li>\n<li>They instructed disciples to preach no <b>other <\/b>gospel (Galatians 1:8-9).<\/li>\n<li>They warned believers to <b>not <\/b>go beyond what is written (II John 9-10).<\/li>\n<li>They demanded that teachers speak as the oracles of God (I Peter 4:11).<\/li>\n<li>They affirmed that Scripture provides the basis for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness (II Timothy 3:15-17).<\/li>\n<li>Disciples then are to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, teaching and admonishing one another, and whatever we do, in word or deed, we are to do it in the name of Jesus (Colossians 3:16-17).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is <b>not <\/b>our society&#8217;s concept of &#8220;your truth and my truth and everybody&#8217;s truth&#8221;! This points us to a verifiable outside source by which we can ascertain truth &#8211; truth about our religious beliefs and teaching. Make sure this is <b>your <\/b>standard. First, examine yourself. Then hold forth this standard to everyone.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Hugh DeLong That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church (I Corinthians 4:17). Paul did not teach different things to different churches. There is, of course, one faith (Ephesians 4:4-6). All&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[451,456],"class_list":["post-97595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-teaching","tag-unity"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89800,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-doctrine\/","url_meta":{"origin":97595,"position":0},"title":"What Is Doctrine?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Mike Riley The word \"doctrine\" means \"teaching\", either of an individual or a group. But from what source? For example, Jesus warned His disciples about the \"doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees\" (Matthew 16:12). Their \"doctrine\" or teaching originated from an uninspired source. 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Where is the doctrine that authorizes classes to be segregated by different ages? Answer: It is common for people seeking to deny biblical authority for some practice to search for only one description and when they can't find it, sit back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81706,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/timothy-had-an-authoritative-standard\/","url_meta":{"origin":97595,"position":3},"title":"Timothy Had an Authoritative Standard","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Timothy was given the same standard as the apostles delivered to the first church on Pentecost of Acts 2. There, they \"continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine\" (Acts 2:42). 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In an almost unanimous voice, religious people affirm that for a church to be the true one it must teach the identical doctrines\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3941,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/questions-about-bible-classes\/","url_meta":{"origin":97595,"position":5},"title":"Questions About Bible Classes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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