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Index · D

DANCING

DEACONS

DEAD

DEATH

DEATH OF CHRIST

DECREES OF GOD

DESERTION

DESPAIR

DEVIL

DILIGENCE

DISCIPLINE

  • Church censures, BD I:4
  • Extends to all members including baptized childrenT 30:4
  • Formal trial, BD II
  • General principles of, BD 1:1-6

    printed BD 1:1-6, read as BoD I: printed 'General principles of, BD 1:1-6' on page J-12, naming no part; the same DISCIPLINE list enumerates Part I as I.1-I.6 and Part II as II.1-II.4, so the run of six chapters can only be Part I, which has exactly six — read as 'BD I:1-6'

  • Instituting judicial process, BD II.2
  • Parties & jurisdiction, BD II.1
  • Removal of case, lower to higher court, BD II.4
  • Repentance, forgiveness, restoration, BD I.6
  • Rights of appeal, BD I.5
  • Scriptural foundations; Biblical principles, BD I.1
  • Sin in the church, corporate responsibility, BD I.3
  • Sin in the church, personal responsibility, BD I.2
  • To be exercised carefully and with loveT 30:5-6
  • Trial of the case ... BD II.3

DISCONTENT

DIVORCE

  • Beware of counsel from unbelieversT 24:25
  • Evidence of repentance basis for restorationT 24:28
  • Lawful in case of adultery or willful desertion that cannot be remediedCF 24:5-6; T 24:25-26
  • Parties to seek reconciliationT 24:23-24

DOUBTING

DRUGS

  • To avoid enslavementT 26:4
  • Use for pleasure or escape to be avoidedT 26:7

DRUNKENNESS

DUTY OF GOD

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