The Institutional Church
Exposing the End Time Harlot Church System
Soul Rape
You may not realize this has happened to you.
Leaving the Institutional Church
So You Don't Want To Go To Church Anymore
Objections and Responses About Leadership
Being Deceived Blueprint (Book)
Christian Pastors Violate Biblical Principles and Pay the Price
Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles 
Did Jesus Give "Authority" To Pastors?
Example of Abuse in Church (Mega Church Mark Drisco)
Fellowship (mp3)
God Does Not Dwell in a Temple Made With Hands
In Bondage Mentally and Emotionally to Human Tradition?
Is Attending Church a Spectator Event?
Is Our Righteousness Filthy Rags?
Jesus Is Not Pleased With This
Meeting Together - Koinonia and Fulfilling Hebrews 10:25
Most Abused Passage: Hebrews 10:25
Our Problem Is Authoritarianism and Not Legalism
Overcoming The EndTime Nicolaitanes (mp3)
Practice of Worshipping Apart From the Temple?
Salvation in Jesus or in Churchanity?
Should the Church Teach Tithing?
Should The Church Hire A Pastor?
Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service (i.e., "the Pastor")
Should Pastors Be Salaried? (1)
Should Pastors Be Salaried (2)
So When Will Christians Grow Up?
Spiritual Pirates Who Plunder Christians
The Biblical Model for Church Organization
The Correct Meaning of "Church" and "Ecclesia"
The Distinction Between Clergy and Laity - Is it Biblical?
The Doctrines and Practices of the Nicolaitians
The Mother Catholic Church and Her Protestant Daughters
The Origin of the Word "Church"
The Pastor (by Jon Zen)
The Way Church Was Meant To Be
Understanding Babylon - The Fallen Church
What is the Institutional Church?
What Language Does Your Church Speak? (
When The Church Leaves the Building
Where Does God Exalt the Office of a Preacher?
Why Believers Should Not Attend Church
"Likewise greet the church that is in their house."
(Rom. 16:5)
Audios
Priesthood of All Believers (Jon Zens)
The Apostles' Tradition - The Heart of the Matter!
In this section we will demonstrate that the apostles of Jesus, at His direction, established
and set up churches to function and operate in a particular way. Further, we will make clear
that this pattern, or blueprint, was intended to be universal, and that all churches should be
fundamentally the same when it comes to how they meet and how they are organized.
Part 1 The Forgotten CommandsPart 2 A Thoroughly Biblical Church Part 3 Church is Family Part 4 What the Bible Says! Part 5 What the Experts Say!
The Traditions of the Early Church Fathers - The Heart of the Problem!
We now turn to the reason why churches have been, and are, so different from the way in
which Jesus instructed the apostles to establish them. In order to properly do this we shall
examine the main historical influences which overruled and usurped the authority of the
New Testament, and which became the acknowledged final authority for the Christian Church.
So fasten your seat belts, this is going to be some ride!
Part 1 Will the Bad Guys Please Stand Up? Part 2 The Foundational Error! Part 3 The Great Baptism Fiasco! Part 4 A Summation
Traditions Series
These talks demonstrate how much Christian belief and practice, especially in regards to church life,
structure and government (or ecclesiology, as the theologians like to call it), is not actually based on
the Bible at all, but rather on traditions handed down through the ages which originated from wrong
teaching given by the leaders of the early church in the years following the death of the original Apostles.
Controversial subjects are thereby here tackled head on, but we believe it to be vitally important that it be
done. Although these studies contain a fair bit of technical and historical material, along with some
conclusions that may cause some offence, Beresford passes it all on in his usual humorous, interesting
and easy to follow way.
The Tradition of the Elders TR 1
This first talk establishes from the Bible the two kinds of traditions there are, and shows which, as Christians,
we should, and should not be accepting. The background to the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders
in Israel is shown to have been something that scripture calls the tradition of the elders, and the origination and
development of this is traced, and the damage it was doing to the Jews as the people of God demonstrated. The
varying names by which it was called are also explained and its root problem, that it denies that the Word of God
alone is sufficient for establishing belief and practice, is clearly revealed.
Jesus and the Tradition of the Elders TR 2
Having seen what this tradition of the elders actually is we now move on to find out what Jesus thought about it.
And what we discover is that far from being neutral, or somehow accepting of it, Jesus' reaction was actually one
of complete non-acceptance and total and open antagonism! In fact, He absolutely hated it and declared war
against it, and some of the ways in which He did this are actually rather amusing. And something quite fascinating
emerges as Beresford shows how Jesus proved that He was Israel's Messiah not only according to the Old Testament
and its teachings, but according to their beloved tradition of the elders as well. Beresford also quite clearly demonstrates
from the Word of God that the Jewish religious leaders actually sought Jesus' death in the full knowledge that He was
the promised Messiah.
The Tradition of the Early Church Fathers - Part 1 TR 3
These studies now move uncomfortably close to home as, having demonstrated the serious error of Israel's tradition
of the elders, Beresford proceeds to show how Christian version emerged. We are introduced to the Early Church
Fathers through their own writings, and the uniqueness of their position, that they did not then have the fully compiled
New Testament as did the church later on, is explained. Quite understandably in such circumstances wrong teachings
began to appear, but the real problem was that they were not corrected once the church did have the entire New
Testament at its disposal. And it is precisely those teachings which the Early Church Fathers got wrong that are such
a big problem today, because rather than being phased out not only were they retained, they were actually given
authoritative and inspired status to boot. By testing the writings of the Fathers against the New Testament, Beresford
reveals and explains their foundational error which inevitably became the seed-bed in which their other errors naturally grew.
The Tradition of the Early Church Fathers - Part 2 TR 4
Beresford now demonstrates, again by comparing the actual writings of the Early Church Fathers with the New Testament,
the other false teachings which sprang up from their foundational one. He also demonstrates how Bible-believing
scholarship is unanimous in its understanding of the fact that these traditions and practices are not what the Bible
teaches, but are rather just what the Fathers handed down to us. However, Beresford puts himself at variance with
these scholars, and with most other believers as well, by arguing the simple point that such practices should therefore
be totally renounced and rejected, and that Christian churches should be completely re-formed to hold only such beliefs
and practices which accord with the actual teaching of Scripture, and to therefore return to being how the churches we
see in the New Testament were. A controversial position to hold indeed!
A Summation TR 5
Beresford chose to call this talk a 'Summation' as opposed to a 'Summary' due to the fact that it is an American legal
term denoting the concluding statements made by opposing counsel in a court case. And this nicely sums up his contention,
here outlined, that the Christian church is actually well and truly in the dock' over these issues, and somewhat without
excuse regarding them too. And although fun was had by all during this talk it is not really what one would call a fun subject.
We truly are convinced that the issues dealt with in this series, and summed up in this talk, are among the most important
that churches face today. God is crying out through His Word for a people who are in obedience to His every known and
understood directive, and Beresford therefore pulls no punches in communicating that fact here. Nothing, however sacred
it may be considered to be, is here spared from the process of being held up to the light of the truth of the Bible in order
to be declared either as being of God, or a deception that must be renounced in obedience to the Lord.
Question and Answer Session TR 6
Various questions from the floor are here answered and Beresford clarifies issues surrounding what churches should
actually be like in practical terms. He describes in detail the life and practice of the church here in Chigwell, and deals
with the vitally important questions concerning leadership, church government and the relationship of itinerant/apostolic
ministries to the individual churches they work with. A fascinating and practical end to this most important of series.
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The Deification of a Nation:The Idolatry of the Religious Right
Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, choirs, and seminaries? This volume reveals the startling truth: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence in the first-ever book to document the full story of modern Christian church practices.
