Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations - "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle," which all concern things which perish with the using - according to the commandments and doctrines of men? These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. (Colossians 2:18-23)
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things... (Acts 15:28)
What is the source, standard, purpose, and structure of genuine church authority, according to the New Testament? How have reputedly conservative Presbyterian churches - especially the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church - violated the Biblical model, to the spiritual peril of multiplied thousands? Stay tuned for the answers, and a challenge to leaders and members of those denominations, in the final segment of our three-part message, "Presbyterian Anarchy".