By Gary North
Have you questioned why the main Presbyterian denominations within the U.S. are liberal and apostate? This publication takes a scientific and well-documented examine why and the way the enemies of the Gospel captured the vast majority of conservative Presbyterians in the United States. the writer additionally explains how the rest conservative or orthodox Presbyterians within the U.S. can preserve from falling prey to liberal theology. (Institute for Christian Economics).
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While the focus of the battle shifts from one phase to the next, the battle is enjoined when the sides seek to impose sanctions. The conflict continues until one minority faction or the other persuades the less committed majority to accept the removal of the rival faction's public representatives. The removal of these representatives silences the majority. The majority prefers to remain silent prior to the visible outcome of the rival systems of sanctions: ". . and the people answered him [Elijah] not a word" (I Kings 18:21b).
14. Gary North, Tithing and the Church (Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1994), ch. 3. 15. , chaps. 3, 6. 16. " 17. , Foundations of Christian Scholarship: Essays in the Van Til Perspective (Vallecito, California: Ross House Books, 1976). This apologetic approach argues that all men must argue from religiously held presuppositions, and that these presuppositions cannot be reconciled through so-called neutral reason. Men presuppose the source of truth. 18. Gary North, Backward, Christian Soldiers?
Some of the questions that need answers are these: (1) Where did the boards recruit most of their ministers and workers? (2) What screening process was used to sort through the candidates? (3) How many of those who got hired were ever fired, and for what reasons? (4) What percentage of the money sent to the boards got to the people in the field? (5) What was the theological perspective of the boards and committees, where such records exist? (6) What was the theological content of official pronouncements by the boards and commissions?
