People give me an odd look when I say we want everyone to go home on Sundays a bit unhappy that the Service wasn’t exactly how they would prefer it to be. Bobby Jamieson explains the point in a post at the 9Marks Blog. Here’s an excerpt: …To put it bluntly, nobody gets the church …
“Maintenance prayer meetings are short, mechanical and totally focused on physical needs inside the church or on personal needs of the people present. But frontline prayer has three basic traits: a) a request for grace to confess sins and humble ourselves, b) a compassion and zeal for the flourishing of the church, and c) a …
Encouraging observations from Tim Brister: You know you are living in gospel community when… believers practice confession instead of trying to make an impression people are defined by a lifestyle of repenting rather than pretending you embrace truth at all costs, not agreeing for each others approval light exposes & wounds and love covers & …
This graphic features Open Door’s 2014 ranking of the fifty countries where persecution of Christians is most severe. You download a (larger image size) pdf copy with further information here. More information at this page.
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