{"product_id":"the-pillar-and-ground-of-the-truth","title":"The Pillar and Ground of the Truth","description":"For good reason, many critics find opportunity today to lament the ineffectiveness of churches in addressing and thwarting the moral and spiritual degradation in the countries, communities and cultures wherein they are called to minister. Others are neither slow nor reticent to charge that all churches are an obsolete relic of a bygone era, perhaps once effectual, but no longer competent or \"relevant\" in an increasingly complex modern sociological and cultural world. On the other hand, it was Jesus Christ Himself that mandated and empowered the Church to be built (Matt. 16:18). Despite widespread claims to the contrary, it was not the Roman Catholic Church He commissioned. The fact is that Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13) declared the churches over which he labored, and which Christ ordained, to be the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15)! The case is here made that there has been no power failure with God, with Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, or for that matter, with the Holy Scriptures. Neither time, culture, sin, nor the modern age have outpaced what God has ordained. Instead, it is Christian men who have lost their vision (Pro. 29:18). It is the saints (preachers, teachers, evangelists, missionaries, deacons and assemblies) who have lost touch with what God mandated each Bible believing church to the pillar and ground of the truth. Herein is the vision of what a church is supposed to be carefully and explicitly expounded and defined according to the perfect words of God. The hallucinations and delusions of men are excluded.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1945774746\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1945774746.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kyle F. Stephens\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Perfect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335963902013,"sku":"BVV.1945774746.A","price":74.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1945774746-0.jpg?v=1783744564","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-pillar-and-ground-of-the-truth","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}