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Biblical Patterns For The Local Church

Published September 27, 2011

Biblical Patterns For The Local Church

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Is tradition important? If so, which traditions?

How do we know which traditions God wants the local church to follow? Because of verses like the following, many believers think that tradition is something to be avoided:

Mark 7:9 – “And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.”

Mark 7:13 – “Making the word of God of… Continue reading →

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Altar Calls

Published September 4, 2011

Altar Calls

“We have an altar” Hebrews 13:10

by Don Fortner
Grace Baptist Church
2734 Old Stanford Road
Danville, Kentucky 40422-9438

A pastor wrote to me recently asking about altar calls (the common practice of inviting sinners to walk down to the front of an auditorium, or other makeshift “altar”, at the end of a religious service to receive Christ). He said, “Pastor I would be interested in how you deal with the matter of altar calls at… Continue reading →

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Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>