Beliefs
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Question 2: Who has the authority to place the limitations? Answer: Rather than build up to the obvious answer I’ll just give it to you at the forefront. If the Church is Christ’s workmanship, if it was His righteous and holy life that purchased us and set us apart, then it makes perfect sense that…
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Question 1: What limitations does the Church of Jesus Christ have on it? Answer 1a: Think for a moment about what a limitation is. It is a restriction. It is a no trespassing sign. Since our creation God has placed “limits” on what we are to do as creatures. The first examples we are given…
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“Something is eternal. Something has always been and always will be. Nothing comes from nothing, and since we are looking around at a great deal of something, all around us, in every direction, then something must have always been. The question before us therefore concerns whether that everlasting something is personal or impersonal.” Doug Wilson,…
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A few years back I read a book entitled, “Already Gone” by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer. The subtitle of the book gives a good summary of its overall focus: “Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it.” This was during my first pastorate in Chesterhill, Ohio. In the…
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This is the third and final installment of Debate and Argumentation (if you’d like to catch up here they are in order: Debate and Argumentation for the Sake of Unity and Love; Debate and Argumentation: Part II ). We live in a day and age that avoids all forms of debate like the Black Plague. And yet,…
