A useful observation from Brian Croft that may not appeal to the ‘all of life is worship except for two hours on Sunday Morning/gathered Church as TAFE equivalent/gathered church is aimed at unbelievers’ folk, but makes sense to me. The public gatherings of the church serve so many roles. First and foremost, it is to …
Helpful thoughts from David Hampton as he explains the background to the current arc of Services at Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee, USA. I was having a conversation with a friend today who pointed out that Jesus never led with the punch line. He always carefully and thoughtfully drew his listeners in with the art …
Don Sweeting compares the criteria which were used to define a healthy church in times past: Acts 2:42; the Nicene Creed; the Reformation with some of the search parameters which people use today: music; coffee; number of people who are just like me, and wonders if contemporary ‘church shoppers’ might not be able to refine …
Timmy Brister briefly expands on these words from Mark Dever, both of which deal with the contemporary phenomenon of treating the gathered church as unimportant or as an impediment to spreading the Gospel. They are also relevant to those who want to contend (correctly) that all of life is worship, except for the few hours …
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