Johnathan Arnold continues a class on the church and sacraments, looking at the link between the church and the kingdom in Matthew 16: King Jesus has entrusted the keys of the kingdom to the church.

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In this episode of the Holy Joys Podcast, Johnathan Arnold teaches the first lesson in a six-week class on the church and sacraments.

Topics addressed include:

• The evangelical emphasis on personal salvation
• Corruption and hypocrisy in the church
• Attitudes towards the church today
• The Bible as a story about God and his people
• Personal and corporate salvation
• Acts 2:47 and 1 Jn. 2:19
• Luther, Calvin, Augustine, and Cyprian on the church and salvation
• Recovering a biblical vision of the church

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Part of "A Series on William Burt Pope’s Doctrine of the Church."

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Johnathan Arnold and David Fry continue their discussion of William Burt Pope's Doctrine of the Church.

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David Fry and Johnathan Arnold continue their discussion of William Burt Pope's doctrine of the church, looking at the second half of his section on "The Preparations in the Gospels."

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David Fry and Johnathan Arnold continue their discussion of William Burt Pope's doctrine of the church, looking at the first half of his section on "The Preparations in the Gospels."

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David Fry and Johnathan Arnold begin a series on Methodist theologian William Burt Pope's doctrine of the church. Read along: holyjoys.org/the-christian-church/.

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At our 2022 Healthy Church Conference, David Fry spoke in the third, Friday morning session on the topic of Healthy Membership. His points were drawn from Colossians 2:19, Ephesians 4:16, and the book of 1 Corinthians. Church membership is designed by God to increase harmony and holiness in the church.

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At our 2022 Healthy Church Conference, Sarah Fry spoke in the first Saturday session on how to be an emotionally healthy church. A healthy church is one where people are learning both how to regulate their own emotions and treat lovingly other people’s emotions. We easily fall into a “fix-it” mentality. We love one another by listening and letting others know that we are safe for them. 

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Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss four questions about ordination:

1. What is ordination?
2. What does the Bible say about ordination?
3. Who should be ordained?
4. Who has the authority to ordain?

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