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The Clergy System By Carl Ketcherside
The Clergy System
(And Why Its Not Biblical Nor Healthy For The Church)
W. Carl Ketcherside
No class or order of men that ever appeared on earth have obtained so much influence, or acquired so complete an ascendancy over the human mind, as the clergy. The Christian clergy have exercised, for about fifteen hundred years, a sovereign dominion over the Bible, the consciences, and the religious sentiments of all nations professing Christianity. – Alexander Campbell
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A Sincere Appeal By Carl Ketcherside
A Sincere Appeal
(Regarding The Pattern Of The Gatherings Of The Church)
By W. Carl Ketcherside
When Ezekiel was carried away captive into Babylon, the city of Jerusalem was not yet destroyed. One day the prophet was sitting in his foreign house with some of the elders of Judah, when he saw a dazzling vision. A man appeared who took him by a lock of his hair, and the Spirit lifted him up between heaven and earth, and was… Continue reading
God’s Scorecard
God’s Scorecard
“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” [Psalms 130:3]
Are you one of the many many people on this earth that believe that someday when you die and stand before God, He will let you into heaven because, according to His great big scorecard in the sky, you have more good deeds than bad deeds? You look around you at all the other sinners and you figure that you are no… Continue reading