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    Preaching Standards: Right or Wrong?
    Preaching Standards: Right or Wrong?
    Preaching Standards: Right or Wrong?
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    Preaching Standards: Right or Wrong?

    By Dr. Mike Allison

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    God has much to say about the way He wants His people to live. In this book, Dr. Mike Allison thoughtfully examines biblical admonitions, legalism, Christian liberty, personal conviction by the Holy Spirit, three types of Old Testament laws, modesty and the blessings found in obedience. No private interpretation of Scripture is given, but instead, compassionate teaching directly from the Bible. The Christian who reads this book with an open heart and a spirit of submission to God's Word will find that standards are not to be rejected, but rather, embraced. Standards protect us from traps of Satan and help us apply other biblical principles to our lives. The preacher who applies these truths prayerfully to his ministry will preach "all the counsel of God" boldly, without apology, without compromise.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSword of the Lord Foundation
    Release dateApr 3, 2015
    ISBN9781310667398
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      Preaching Standards - Dr. Mike Allison

      Preaching Standards

      Right or Wrong?

      Dr. Mike Allison

      P. O. Box 1099 • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133

      (800) 251-4100 • (615) 893-6700 • FAX (615) 848-6943

      www.SwordoftheLord.com

      Copyright 2012 by

      Sword of the Lord Publishers

      Distributed by Smashwords

      Originally published in 1984

      Reprinted by Permission

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (printed, written, photocopied, electronic, audio or otherwise) without prior written permission of the publisher.

      All Scripture quotations are from the King James Bible.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 No More Abominations

      Chapter 2 Legalism: A Smoke Screen

      Chapter 3 Understanding I Corinthians 8

      Chapter 4 The Unmentionable Abomination

      Chapter 5 New Testament Principles for Dress

      Chapter 6 Blessed Without Obedience?

      Chapter 7 Holiness: Our Hope for Revival

      Bibliography

      INTRODUCTION

      Standards: should they be preached? Should the preacher mention specifics? Isn't it legalism to preach standards?

      In fundamental churches today, the biggest troubles usually center on standards. Most national radio and TV preachers never mention specifics and even chide preachers who do. Then the church members begin to wonder about their pastor since the big preachers don't preach so hard. With only three or four services a week, the pastor does not have time to go into all the Bible verses behind every conviction each time he preaches.

      Therefore the purpose of this book is to give the pastor who still believes in old-fashioned standards for godly living something he can put in the hands of his old and new members that will reinforce his preaching. Hopefully these pages will biblically answer many of the objections pastors receive concerning their preaching. May God use this as an effective tool for His glory.

      My Personal Testimony

      In 1971 I trusted Christ as my personal Saviour while working at a radio station in Otsego, Michigan. Three years later, I surrendered to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ after hearing Missionary Charles Hocking (missionary to Brazil with Baptist Mid-Missions). I decided to attend Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

      Like students often do, I began to complain about the rules and standards. After all, I had a strong desire to serve the Lord. I was sincere. I was convinced the school was being a little picky about how Christians were to live. Because of my critical attitude, God set me on the shelf, as in ten months I led only one adult to Jesus Christ.

      During that time, Jack Hyles was scheduled to preach at Trinity Baptist Church in Chattanooga, and since I had never heard him before, I decided to attend. That night he preached on criticism. For about ninety minutes, Dr. Hyles walked all over my critical attitude. When the invitation was given, I went forward and confessed my sin to God. I vowed to God that I would study the Bible, and if the convictions held by Tennessee Temple were taught in the Word of God then they would be my convictions. If they were not taught in the Word of God, then I would not worry about them. But regardless, I was going to end my criticisms of the place.

      Once I decided to make the Word of God my final authority, regardless of how I personally felt, my life changed drastically. In fact, on the day of my graduation I mentioned to Dr. Roberson that as far as I knew, I had every conviction the school stood for.

      By the way, within two weeks of my decision to end the criticism and study the Word of God concerning standards, I won five adults to Jesus Christ.

      My challenge to those who disagree about certain standards is to set aside a critical spirit and honestly study the Word of God. May personal desires be set aside by those who read this book, and may they read with the attitude, If that is what The Book teaches, I will obey it, whether or not I like it.

      Let us be like the Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily, to see whether those things were so.

      Michael D. Allison

      April 25, 1984

      Chapter 1

      NO MORE ABOMINATIONS

      Vice is a monster of such frightful mien

      As to be hated needs but to be seen;

      Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,

      We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

      —Alexander Pope, Essay on Man

      Jeremiah prophesied judgment against Israel because of Israel's participation in the abominations of the heathen among them. The sad part about the whole affair was that Israel could no longer even blush over her sins. Jeremiah lamented, Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush (6:15). The same lamentation is made in Jeremiah 8:12. Not only did sin not bother Israel anymore, but they even persecuted God's man for bringing the message of God to them.

      No wonder Jeremiah was called

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