Distinctive Doctrine

About the Book

Distinctive Doctrine is a casual discussion of certain things in the New Testament that will be of interest mainly to Christians and particularly those who want to be recognized as distinctively scriptural in their thinking, doctrine and practice. The author speaks of ecclesiastical things from a distinctly Baptist point of view having been the Pastor of an independent, fundamental, sovereign grace, old landmark, missionary baptist congregation for 35 years. Some things covered in the book are The Nature of the Church, The New Testament Church defined, Organizing a Church, Adding and subtracting church members, The officers and ordinances of the church, The financing and government of the church, The doctrine and duties of the church, The name of the church, Baptist Briders, Sectarianism, and more.

About the Author

Larry Killion was born into a military family at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma in 1944. Killion is an Irish name that means “Grandson of War” but Larry is a “lover”. The Lord saved him in 1958 and he served his tour of duty in the Army right out of high school from 1962 to 1965. Larry and Marion (his high school sweetheart) were married in the fall of 1965. They have two lovely daughters, two granddaughters, two grandsons and one GREAT grandson. Larry surrendered to the call of God to preach in the fall of 1974, graduated with a BA in Bible from Clarksville Baptist College in Clarksville, TN and was ordained to the Gospel Ministry 1978. As a church planter, Larry accepted the call to Pastor The Lord’s Baptist Church in Tacoma, WA in 1980 and served as a bi-vocational preacher until retiring from his job as a public servant with the local Public Transit Agency in 2006. Larry’s Books: Traveling for God; ISBN: 978-1-4363-9385-0, The Thessalonian Doctrine; ISBN: 978-1-4363-9929-6, and The Landmark Edition of the New Testament (KJV Study Bible); ISBN: 978-1-4931-0296-9.