http://www.acl.asn.au/pdf/P_G_Bolt_AGM_2006.pdf
[Anglican Church League] 22 Jul 2006--“The apostles have received from God a gospel, a deposit, a pattern of sound teaching, a good deposit, a particular message about Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. And this deposit, pattern, gospel, must be suffered for, guarded, kept, and remembered.
This is not a recipe for innovation; for constantly seeking after what is new. In fact, to do so is to place yourself in danger and in the wrong company. ‘For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth...’ (2 Tim. 4:3–4).
...The task of Christian ministry is not to be an innovator, it is to faithfully pass on the apostolic gospel.
The first step in this process, of course, is to be someone who listens to God’s Word and learns from hearing the voice of their master. We actually need to work hard at this, for the Bible says we are dull of hearing, blind of sight, dense of mind, and hard of heart...”
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