Judson, Adoniram Primary Author mixed material bibliography Mississippi Mississippi : Audubon Press 2000 monographic en English

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"It is because God blesses men through the churches that we desire to see them prosper, and not merely for the sake of the churches themselves. There is such a thing as selfishness in our eagerness for the aggrandisement of our own party; and from this evil spirit may grace deliver us! The increase of the kingdom is more to be desired than the growth of a clan. We would do a great deal to make a Paedobaptist brother into a Baptist, for we value our Lord's ordinances; we would labour earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see all religious teaching built upon the solid rock of truth, and not upon the sand of imagination; but, at the same time, our grand object is not the revision of opinions, but the regeneration of natures. We would bring men to Christ, and not to our own peculiar views of Christianity. Our first care must be that the sheep should be gathered to the great Shepherd; there will be time enough afterwards to secure them for our various folds. To make proselytes, is a suitable labour for Pharisees: to beget men unto God, is the honourable aim of ministers of Christ." 234.16 Perpustakaan STTB Bandung Theological Seminary 234.16 Jud c E99031698 Non Fiction 234.16 Jud c adoniram_judson_christian_baptism__94023.png 32311 2014-11-27 11:54:25 2024-10-09 13:23:54 machine generated