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Note: this essay began in a series of personal correspondence between me and my eldest son as he was going through Basic and Advanced Infantry training. As my four sons were growing up, I had only two vocational goals for all of them; never to go into the ministry, nor serve in the armed forces …

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Some Thoughts on Authority, Power and Church GovernmentRev. Brian M. Abshire
Recently, a hot topic on one of the Internet discussion groups to which I subscribe, concerned pastoral tyranny. Various allegations of malfeasance were hurled at pastors who “tyrannized” their congregations by requiring all sorts on “non-biblical” practices. Now the point was …