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Only Two Officers In A Church

Posted on May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.” (1 Timothy 5:17 KJV) Biblically, there are only two officers in a church, pastor and deacon. They are not the same. What I mean is, the deacons are not pastors and pastors are not…

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Plurality of Elders Taught In The New Testament

Posted on April 9, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

As I gather some thoughts from my studies in Acts, I will share some about pastors. This first post is about elders in the church. “Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. And when they…

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J.R. Graves and William Kiffin

Posted on March 30, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

JR Graves also included an appendix note about William Kiffin, who he identified as a Landmarker in the book “Old Landmarkism.” Two things worth noting 1) Kiffin was a signer of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. He is second on the list in my copy. Graves would have known this. 2) Notice Graves…

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B.H. Carroll and the 1689

Posted on March 30, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

“The Philadelphia Confession of Faith, adopted in 1742, and printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, is, with some modifications, but a reproduction of the old London Confession, adopted in 1689. It is the prevalent standard in 1800.” -B.H. Carroll (1843-1914) The Baptists One Hundred Years Ago

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David Benedict and the Philadelphia Confession

Posted on March 29, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

David Benedict, Baptist historian who lived 1779-1874, wrote this in his book “Fifty Years Among The Baptists” – The Philadelphia Confession of Faith, published in that city, in 1742, was the standard of most of the oldest Baptist churches in this country, especially in the middle and southern States. This Confession was copied mostly from…

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J.R. Graves and the 1689

Posted on March 29, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

In the book Intercommunion, JR Graves does mention the confession and of course, his disagreement with Article 26, Paragraph 1. He mentioned his preference of the First London or the New Hampshire Confession as to giving what he believed to be a more scriptural definition of the church. (I am not sure even most Landmarkers…

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J.M. Pendleton and the 1689

Posted on March 27, 2024May 9, 2024 by dmgreen99

J.M. Pendleton, A “Landmarker” writing about the 1689 Confession: Having indicated who should not baptize, I shall attempt to show who should baptize. Before I refer to the scriptural argument, I will presentwhat has been, as I think, the general views of Baptists, I go back to the Confession of Faith, put forth in London…

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Arminian Baptist Churches In Baptist History!

Posted on January 24, 2024 by dmgreen99

The following is from the preface in John T. Christian’s Baptist History book, and is quite the eye opener for those pastors/churches who would be quick to “unchurch” a group that originated in Arminianism! “The question has often been asked: “Were all of the ancient parties mentioned in these pages in absolute or substantial accord…

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B. H. Carroll on Fellowship With Those Who Teach Universal Church

Posted on January 24, 2024 by dmgreen99

(Q) Do you dis-fellowship your Baptist brethren who teach the present existence of “an universal, in visible, spiritual church?” (A) Most certainly not so long as they duly honor the particular assembly and its ordinances, as multitudes of them do, in spite of the natural tendency of their theory to discredit it. Many of them,…

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Perspective on Baptist History and Fellowship

Posted on September 15, 2023September 14, 2023 by dmgreen99

The writing on the passenger side rearview mirror of most vehicles in the USA says “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” and according to Wikipedia its “because while these mirrors’ convexity gives them a useful field of view, it also makes objects appear smaller….” In a word, it’s about perspective.   As a…

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