Comments on: Leadership and doctrinal purity http://disciple.gracesask.org/leadership-and-doctrinal-purity/ A ministry of Grace Fellowship Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Murray http://disciple.gracesask.org/leadership-and-doctrinal-purity/#comment-1028 Murray Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:28:44 +0000 http://disciple.ids.org/leadership-and-doctrinal-purity/#comment-1028 This is exactly Piper's point. To be a "member" of a local church, one must believe the gospel - no more; no less. Christ places those for whom He died into His body through a work of the Spirit. However, the greater the influence a person carries, the greater the responsibility and the greater doctrinal precision is necessary. Thus, those in leadership must be those who are faithful stewards of the truth and joyfully embrace and proclaim that salvation is of the Lord! I thought this question may arise following the reading of the 5 articles by Buff Powers on the church. This is exactly Piper’s point. To be a “member” of a local church, one must believe the gospel - no more; no less. Christ places those for whom He died into His body through a work of the Spirit. However, the greater the influence a person carries, the greater the responsibility and the greater doctrinal precision is necessary. Thus, those in leadership must be those who are faithful stewards of the truth and joyfully embrace and proclaim that salvation is of the Lord!

I thought this question may arise following the reading of the 5 articles by Buff Powers on the church.

]]> By: Julie Cortens http://disciple.gracesask.org/leadership-and-doctrinal-purity/#comment-1027 Julie Cortens Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:17:16 +0000 http://disciple.ids.org/leadership-and-doctrinal-purity/#comment-1027 From the teachers perspective I guess it is all about grace. From my perspective, I personally could not sit under the teaching of anyone with any degree of Arminianism in his teaching. From the teachers perspective I guess it is all about grace. From my perspective, I personally could not sit under the teaching of anyone with any degree of Arminianism in his teaching.

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