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The Nature of Pastoral Authority in One Sentence

August 3, 2014 by mattperman

This is really, really important to understand:

“The true picture in the New Testament is not that of a congregation under the authority of the preacher; but of both preacher and congregation under the authority of God’s written word” (Eric Alexander, What is Biblical Preaching).

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