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Biblical Church Unity children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments" (Ps. 78:4-7). In this way each child of God, from Adam to the last elect soul, is related to an
There are several outstanding expressions of present-day Protestantism’s indifference to the truth. One is the ecumenical movement—the effort to unite the churches. Whereas biblical ecumenicity finds unity in, and grounds union upon, doctrinal oneness, which oneness is expressed creedally, the union
…to coordinate evangelistic and missionary effort more effectively…. Evangelicals will benefit greatly by getting together for prayer, for worship, for interchange of ideas, and for fellowship…. Evangelicals working together can test new ideas, develop a needed sense of community, and show the world
UNION OF EVANGELICALS The tides of ecumenicity run strongly and seemingly irresistibly. Most of it is evil, and the Church of Christ can have no part of it. But what about the faithful people of God who are still waging a battle for the truth within many separate denominations? Is it not their call
Christian unity, as those who live by the gospels and the Reformed confessions know, is also church unity. Christians are duty bound to "join themselves to the true church" as the Belgic Confession states. John Calvin, though fighting the church of Rome with its claim to being the "mother church," n
In effect the statement is saying that the Reformers of the 16th century (Luther, Calvin, Knox, Zwingli, et. al.) committed a great sin "against the unity that Christ intends for all his disciples!" Do not these evangelicals know that what they call their "common faith" with Rome includes the accurs