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You Don't Join the Church, God Joins You to the Church
i want to quote from theologian doctor john frane, who is a staunch opponent of the idea of denominations. Doctor frame says this in his systematic theology, the church has the authority to say who belongs to the covenant and who does not it has the power to admit people to the fellowship and to cast them out. We rarely hear of excommunication to day, except in the roman catholic church. People usually think that excommunication is an ancient, outmoded practice and very cruel. But discipline is biblical. It can be more or less serious, from excommunication at one extreme, to admonition or rebuke for lesser sins. That's god's house. Bounds are set