Winning the World

Session 4: Sanctifying the Present by Embodying the Past, Preparing for the Future 75

2. The new church creates the possibility of living tradition as it provides another public preaching place (Acts 9.20; 10.42; 14.7; 16.10; 20.20).

3. The new church creates the possibility of living tradition because it is the most effective evangelistic tool (Acts 2.38-39; 14.21).

4. The new church creates the possibility of living tradition because it teaches the Bible (Acts 4.2; 5.19-21; 5.42; 8.4; 11.25-26; 18.11; 20.20; 28.31).

5. The new church creates the possibility of living tradition because it offers another place for Christian service (Acts 6.3; 9.36; 11.25-26; 11.29-30; 17.15).

1 Thess. 5.21 (ESV) but test everything; hold fast what is good.

II. Dialogue on Our Author’s and the Power of Tradition

How do these views coincide with the New Testament and Nicene theology of the Church as one (biblical identity), holy (shared spirituality), catholic (historic roots and connectivity), and apostolic (representative authority)?

A. Clarification between the facts and the claims

B. Evaluation of the evidence supporting the claims

1. The facts of the matter

2. The teachings of Scripture