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Stop Elder Abuse

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  • R. Scott Clark
on January 21, 2014 | 10 Comments

While we were back in Nebraska Mrs Heidelblog and I had occasion to drive past a billboard warning about the dangers of elder abuse. You know you’re Reformed when the first thing such a warning brings to mind is life in the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Church Life, Life in the Kingdom of God | Tagged Church Life, church order, elders, Fifth Commandment, presbyters | 10 Comments

Jerome On Monepiscopacy: The Triumph Of Pragmatism Not Principle

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  • R. Scott Clark
on July 16, 2015 | 2 Comments

The presbyter is the same as the bishop, and before parties had been raised up in religion by the provocations of Satan, the churches were governed by the Senate of the presbyters. But as each one sought to appropriate to himself those . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Term Eldership Versus Lifetime Eldership?

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  • Heidelcast
on January 31, 2024

In this episode Dr Clark answers a question about the differences between term eldership and lifetime service as a ruling elder. Continue reading →

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