of God’s sovereignty should concern us. To baptize such a person may be to baptize a heart that remains, in some ways, unbelieving. To admit such a person into membership may be to treat the individual as if he or she were trusting God when in fact he or she’s not. Such resistance is dangerous in any Christian, but it’s even more dangerous in the leader of a congregation. When a church appoints a leader who doubts God’s sovereignty or who misunderstands the Bible’s teaching, that church sets up as