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1 Corinthians 15:3-4 NLT

3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

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Sermon Points:

1. Doctrines are the core building blocks of a healthy church
2. Removing or changing a doctrine leads to a dysfunctional gospel, disharmony in the church and failed witness in the community
3. We must pass on the important orthodox doctrines to the next generation, as they were passed to us

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“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and setup the kingdom of Heaven upon earth" - John Wesley

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1 Timothy 4:16 NLT

16 Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.

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“Small towns often have, if they have anything, an assumed gospel. Don Carson wisely says that, “one generation believes the gospel, the next generation assumes the gospel, but the next generation denies the gospel.” But, with the data so clearly showing sin as reigning in small towns, we have to question if they haven’t moved past an assumed gospel to a full-blown denial of the gospel.” - Forgotten Church

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Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NLT

6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

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Proverbs 22:6 ESV

6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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“Train up a child in the way he should go – but be sure you go that way yourself” - Charles Spurgeon