Ryan

Paula, thanks for your response.  I will try to read through your articles when I get a chance.  My intention is not to derail the discussion on authority and what kind of authority is given to people, but to discuss it in light of some illustrations… such as the doctrine of binding and loosing.

PS> I also appreciate the ministry of Paul Washer and John N. who were a part of the True Church Conference.  I also would have said something here.  It was because of a similar teaching which resulted in me not even being taken before the deacons or the church and being expelled in the privacy of the pastor and his group of elders.  In case any of you are wondering what I was expelled for, it was for calling the pastor to repent for subverting the gospel message he was preaching in outreaches. My other sin, and I have this in writing, was “rebellion to authority”…..of the pastor, of course.