Maintaining the Credibility of the Church

Maintaining the Credibility of the Church, by Thomas W. Franklin examines issues that could damage the credibility of the church in the eyes of the world.

Table of Contents: 

DEDICATION

BIOGRAPHY

PREFACE

1. THE CREDIBILITY OF THE CHURCH

2. THE IMAGE WE PROJECT

3. CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A CHEAP RELIGION

4. GOOD CHRISTIANS HAVE GOOD MANNERS

5. TEENAGE CHRISTIANS: BURDENS OR ASSETS?

6. THE THREE BEST ENGLISH VERSIONS

7. HOLDING FAST THE FAITHFUL WORD

8. THE MOODS OF JOHN 3:16

9. HOW GRACE SAVES

10. FENCE STRADDLERS

11. BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH

12. NADAB AND ABIHU

13. FAITH IS NOT BAPTISM

14. THE NIV AS A CONDUIT OF CALVINISM

15. THE SONGS WE SING

16. PUBLIC PRAYER

17. A CLIMATE OF FEAR?

18. THE LORD’S SUPPER

19. KEEP THE FAITH!

20. JESUS AND THE SOCIAL GOSPEL

21. MISSIONARY SOCIETIES

22. TESTIFYING AND WITNESSING

23. ONLY TRANSLATING

24. MARRIAGE

25. FOR PREACHERS ONLY

26. JESUS, LORD OF YOUR LIFE

27. CHRISTMAS, EASTER, MOTHER’S DAY

28. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

29. PRECURSORS OF RESTORATION

30. CALVINISM DEFINED

31. CALVINISM’S TERMINOLOGY

32. GIVING INCENTIVES

33. AND WHERE THE BIBLE IS SILENT

34. “SPIRITUAL DEATH”

35. ENOCH AND THE DEATH OF CHRIST

36. PLANNING TO REPENT

37. DEPRAVITY AND ROMANS 3:23

38. MIRACLES, PROVIDENCE, AND PRAYER

39. FAREWELL TO LOGIC

40. BIBLE SILENCE IS PROHIBITIVE

41. EDIFICATION AND FELLOWSHIP

42. THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT