Rolland McCune

September 11, 2018Written by Rick Shrader

“It is assumed in the New Testament that a member of the body of Christ is also a member of a local church. An unbaptized, unaffiliated Christian is unknown in the New Testament.”

Rolland McCune, Systematic Theology, vol. III, p. 200.

Source: Systematic Theology, Vol 1

Those of us who sat under Dr. McCune, whether at Central Seminary in Minneapolis or at Detroit Seminary, are glad that he is writing (my syllabus notes are getting old and tattered). Reviewing this volume, Dr. Larry Pettegrew writes, “Highlights inclu …

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