BY MARK DEVER (Originally published as chapter 8 of What Is a Healthy Church?) At my church’s first meeting back in 1878, the church adopted a statement of faith. It was a strengthened version of the 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith. The old language may be a bit tough, but try to press through it. Article VIII of this statement reads, We believe that Repentance and Faith are sacred duties, and also inseparable graces,
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