The Church Part III - The Local Church
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Date:
6/24/2012
Type:
Sunday Sermon
Price:
FREE
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Though many modern Christians deny the centrality and importance of the institutional church for the life of individuals Christians, such a mentality is considerably out of step with the historic consensus of God's people and, more importantly, with God's Word. The early church father Cyprian declared, "Outside the Church there is no salvation" - and our Reformational fathers like Martin Luther and John Calvin agreed. So why did they teach this and what does it mean for us as God's people? Why is active participation in a local congregation not just beneficial but necessary?
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Stuart Bryan attends St. David's Anglican Church in Post Falls, Idaho and is currently an STM student at Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, PA. For 17 years, he served as senior pastor of Trinity Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He and his wife, Paige, have been married since college and have been blessed with seven grown children (four biological and three adopted internationally) and many... read more
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