• The Lord Jesus Christ, sovereign in every believer and in his church The Bible. To get anywhere with God’s purposes through his church, the leaders and congregation must take seriously the responsibility to bring every aspect of the ministry under the functional authority of Scripture—every new idea, every old tradition, every activity, every plan. Otherwise it will fail. It won’t be easy. Diligent, objective, thorough Bible research combined with determined full compliance and eternal vigilance
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