Upper Room Christian Assembly

Introduction – 02 – Of Fruits and Roots

Why catechize God’s sheep?  Because the Word must be “sounded down” into our souls before roots can be sent down into the ground of God’s grace.  Good preaching is like a rooting hormone, it stimulates the growth of roots of righteousness (Prov 12:12) which enable the Believer to be grounded and settled in the faith (Col 1:21...

Introduction – 01 – Explanation of the Concept of a Catechism

The Upper Room Christian Assembly Catechism (URCAC) project is introduced in this study. 

The essence of good catechizing is but the exercise of a minister’s God-given duty to “sound down” the Word of God – to echo the Voice of heaven via a thorough, systematic, plan of public pr...

Sobriety for All #3 This study concludes the Topic: Sobriety for All - an exhortation addressed primarily to our older brothers and then to every Christian.  Private and Public Prohibition are duties enjoined by Holy Scripture which pronounces judgments against those who ingest intoxication as well as against those who provide it to their neighbors (Isaiah 5:11; Habakkuk 2:15). Three remedies against insobriety are provided in t...

Every Good Thing That Is In You

The concept of a Christian or a Christian Community encountering an unsolvable problem is a contradiction in terms because in Jesus are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col 2:3) and we are complete in Him (Col 2:10). Paul’s remarkable letter to his friend Philemon sets before us the application of this truth. 

Sobriety for All #2

Our older Christian Brothers remain the focus in this study.  Paul’s directive to Timothy regarding the use of a little wine [οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ] implies Paul’s confidence in Timothy’s commitment to moderation. 

Christian liberty must not become a license for excess.  We count on our older Brothers to set the example of ruling o...

Acts 1:4–5  And, [Jesus] being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.  5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

This study attempts to give a sweeping overview of the Biblical The...

Sobriety for All #1

Older men are the first of six classes of Christians whom Paul instructs Timothy to exhort as to the critical qualities of their character.  The need for sobriety emerges as the core discipline upon which their entire Christian testimony is to be built. 

When the remaining 5 classes of Christians are subsequently addressed, it becomes apparent that ol...

Without Spot or Wrinkle

Imagine a Body of Believers (a Christian Church) so serious about their calling to be witnesses for Jesus that not a one of them defiles their garment (Zech 3:3-4 w/ Rev 3:4).  That would indeed be a glorious church without spot or wrinkle (Eph 5:25-27). 

Without question this is an exceedingly high calling (Philip 3...

Robert (Bobby) C. Freeman (1955-2013) served our Lord for over 30 years as the pastor of the Sand Hill Bible Church in Auburn, AL.  Brother Bobby is now in the presence of his Master, but his life and message continue to impact those with ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to understand.

As Job needed a wise counselor to help him navigate responsibly through the stren...

Clarifying Our Commitments

The last of five primary principles of Biblical Repentance is presented in this study, namely: Biblical Repentance Clarifies our Commitments.  A clear pattern is present in the experiences of repentance found in Daniel 9, Psalm 51, Psalm 69, 2 Samuel 24, Joshua 7; James 5:16, Acts 9:4 with 1 Corinthians 15:9, etc.

In every case a movement from ...

Turn Toward the Truth

The 4th of 5 primary principles on clear repentance is presented in this study drawn from Daniel 9:11-14. Daniel identifies the active aspect of Israel’s sin; namely, departing from the voice of God or turning from the Truth. 

The remedy, therefore, is nothing short of turning toward the very Truth that had previously been resisted.  The Thessalonia...

Who Owes Who? 

This study investigates the 3rd of 5 principles drawn from Daniel’s portrayal of clear repentance as described in Daniel 9:7-10.   Daniel’s relationship with God included a clear understanding of what belongs to God and what belongs to sinful men.

Unlike Esau, who mourned his loss but not his sin, Daniel did not barter wi...

Daniel’s Display of Clear Repentance

This study presents the first two of five primary principles drawn from the display of clear repentance detailed in the ninth chapter of Daniel’s book.  The first two principles are the following:

1. Biblical Repentance Understands BY THE BOOKS the Characteristics and Consequences of Sin – Daniel 9:1,2...

Repentance Unto Salvation

Repentance is a first principle or elementary doctrine of the Christian Faith (Heb 6:1).  Indeed, entrance into the Christian life is impossible apart from repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21; 2:28). 

Beyond this, Scripture makes it clear that the Churches of Jesus Christ must l...

Adorning the Gospel in All Things

Titus 1:5 (NKJV) — For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—

“…Titus is to teach them ‘what is in accord with sound doctrine’ (v. 1). We infer from this that doctrine and practice for a Christian are to...

Christ The Human and The Head

Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

During His Incarnation, Jesus went about doing only good in every facet of His life. “The whole story of his life was nothing else but a catalogue of good works. You find h...

The historic events that culminated in Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and ascension are in the past, but the resulting Covenant is eternally relevant. The Communion Ordinance calls upon us to observe this relevance by remembering the New Covenant ratified in Jesus’ blood.

Jesus gives a charge to His disciples, “Do this in remembrance of me.”   How much more then will He remember His own covenant? Indeed, God remembers Hi...

The Categorical Declaration Versus The Categorical Denial – 03

The common trope of a Christian Bible riddled with the relics of religious myths leading its adherents into an unscientific stance toward reality is more of a projection than it is a perception.  It turns out that atheistic intellectuals are often the perpetrators of macro-myths which poison the pot of academic ...

The Categorical Declaration Versus The Categorical Denial – 02

The Modern Myth Movement is one of many assaults directed against the Word of God.  Under the guise of a neutral scientific method, satanic science has made its way from the Gentile courts into the holy places where Revelation once occupied a higher seat than independent human deduction.

These maneuvers seek ...