Bible Unity in truth, Jn' 17:20, 21

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Recent Divisions

• Bible Unity in truth, Jn. 1720, 21
• Practiced by disciples, Acts 246
• Destroyed by error
• Practiced by many in 1800s
• Disrupted by innovations of Christian Church
• Disrupted by Institutional-liberalism

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Recent Divisions

• Satan does not stop working
• Always some issue or issues
• Destroy souls
• Hinder gospel

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching
No Specifics
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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching

• Christianity Magazine letter, 1984
• We want to emphasize that our perspective is
  Biblical and not polemical.
• Polemic A controversial argument, especially one
  refuting or attacking a specific opinion or
  doctrine.

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching

• Christianity Magazine letter, 1984
• We want to emphasize that our perspective is
  Biblical and not polemical.
• Bible, 2 Cor. 103-5
• Anti-Christ, 1 Jn. 222
• Circumcision, Acts 156, 7
• Christ, Acts 929 172 1828
• Taxes, marriage, etc., Mk. 1213-28

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching

• Christianity Magazine letter, 1984
• While you should feel free to say anything that
  you believe the Scriptures teach, we hope you
  will be able to say it positively in scriptural
  terms (even if it is a negative point).
• accentuate the positive, eliminate the
  negative (Bowman, CM Jan. 1984).

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching

• Christianity Magazine letter, 1984
• No negative stuff
• Bible
• Jesus, Mt. 2315 Jn. 215, 16 844 Mt. 1623
• Paul, 2 Tim. 42 Gal. 512

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching

• Shift in emphasis
• Christ not church, Eph. 525-32
• Man not plan, Gal. 326, 27

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Recent Divisions
No Specifics

• No specific condemnation of worldliness
• Immodesty, 1 Tim. 29, 10
• Exposing thighs, cleavage
• Tight-fitting clothes
• Men w/o shirts
• Mixed swimming

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Recent Divisions
No Specifics

• No specific condemnation of worldliness
• Dancing, Gal. 519-21
• Night clubs
• Prom
• After-game dance
• Cheerleading

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Recent Divisions
No Specifics

• No specific condemnation of worldliness
• Gambling, Eph. 428
• Vegas
• Lottery
• Raffles

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Recent Divisions
No Specifics

• No specific ID of those in error
• Groups, Mt. 2329-33 1 Cor. 31-4
• Baptist, Methodist
• Southeast Christian
• Southside Church of Christ

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Recent Divisions
No Specifics

• No specific ID of those in error
• Individuals, Rom. 1617, 18 1 Cor. 51 2 Tim.
  216-18
• The pope
• Billy Graham
• Homer Hailey

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Recent Divisions
Soft Preaching
No Specifics
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Recent Divisions

• Bible Unity in truth, Jn. 1720, 21
• Practiced by disciples, Acts 246
• Destroyed by error
• Practiced by many in 1800s
• Disrupted by innovations of Christian Church
• Disrupted by Institutional-liberalism

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Recent Divisions

• Satan does not stop working
• Always some issue or issues
• Destroy souls
• Hinder gospel