This encouraging booklet presents in simple fashion the good news about Jesus Christ from the Epistle to the Hebrews. Just as mankind is appointed to live once, die once and be judged, so also Jesus Christ lived one life, died one death and faced God's scrutiny in judgment. Because Jesus lived and died as the representative for all his people, his life and death count for those who trust in him. The outcome of our judgment is therefore certain, for Jesus is already at God's right hand in glory -- and he is our representative! ONE LIFE, DEATH & JUDGMENT By Edward Fudge Copyright 1978 … [Read more...]
The Grace of God
The core message of the gospel is that we cannot save ourselves but that God has saved us by the perfect "doing" and "dying" of our representative, the Lord Jesus Christ. This booklet exposes the twin errors of license and legalism and shows how God set us right with himself once for all through the finished work of Christ. First published in 1974, this message of hope has given assurance of salvation to thousands of believers around the world. Chapters: 1. To The Reader 2. The Grace of God 3. Two Fundamental Principles 4. What Grace Is Not 5. What Grace Is … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ: 2 / An Idealized Story
We humans seem to have a natural tendency to glamorize our past, reinterpret our miscalculations, rationalize our mistakes and develop an idealistic "history" in retrospect. The official chronicles of nearly every king of antiquity provide sufficient evidence for such a judgment. Religious movements generally do the same. There is reason to think the popular account of the Restoration Movement of Campbell and Stone has also enjoyed cosmetic touches here and there. Literature and filmstrips used in outreach efforts often include an integral section on the movement's history. It tells a … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ: 1: How It Started
Go with me to the early 19th century, to a devout Presbyterian minister and his godly, scholarly son, lately come separately to America. Disenchanted with the sectarianism which choked their church, they determined by God's grace to do better. This country became their Promised Land - a territory ruled by sectarian giants who lived in churches with great walls, but ripe nonetheless for the vengeance of the Lord, and ready to yield their spoils to the simple People of God. Soon the trumpets sounded, the foes were thrown into confusion and turmoil, and the breezes hummed with the arrows of … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ
In this powerful booklet, Edward presents a Christ-centered review of the origins, present crisis and potential glorious future of the Stone-Campbell "restoration movement" which produced the Churches of Christ, Independent Christian Churches and the Disciples of Christ. As a faithful critic-lover of his own religious heritage, Edward honestly portrays the flawed premises of the movement, exposes its slide into sectarianism and legalism, but holds great hope for its potential as it focuses anew on Jesus Christ rather than on itself. God is doing a mighty work in the "restoration movement," … [Read more...]
Christianity Without Ulcers
Edited from Edward's church bulletin articles written during his 1968-72 ministry in St. Louis, Mo., this collection of spiritual reflections makes for easy reading in short snatches. Edward Fudge Table of Contents Foreword [clear-line][clear-line][clear-line][clear-line] [clear-line] … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ: 3 / Campbell’s 4-Point Plan
The Campbells and their associates were not alone in pursuing simple Christianity. Although their restoration movement now seems easy to identify, it sprang from many different currents which sometimes mingled and sometimes crossed. Yet today's Churches of Christ represent the heritage of Alexander Campbell above that of his fellows, and his own early progression of thought is easy to summarize. His plan went something like this. The millennium is surely coming soon. The world must be converted first. Christians must unite if the world is to convert. The way to this unity is … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ: 4 / Chopping The Roots
Probably no one in the Churches of Christ today (or any other part of our restoration movement) shares Campbell's four basic views. The great disappointments of the nineteenth century burst many an optimistic bubble - particularly the bloody Civil War which divided most denominations as well as the country. Campbell's postmillennial hope was but one form of utopianism that dashed against the rocks of history. The Restoration Movement has a small premillennial segment still, centering in strength around Louisville, Kentucky, but it derives from the later teaching of R. H. Boll, not from the … [Read more...]
The Restoration Movement Fulfilled In Jesus Christ: 5 / Assessing Our Treasures
Today the Restoration Movement resembles a venerable family that has occupied the same house for many generations. The rooms are comfortable, the furnishings are familiar, and the attic is full of fascinating memorabilia. But now the time has come for a thorough housecleaning. God has given the men and women of our Restoration Movement certain valid insights, as even those outside our churches are free to say. But it would be foolish and naive indeed for us to suppose that no dust has settled, no broken antiques have been closeted, no trash has been mixed mistakenly with the treasures. In … [Read more...]