The Church is the body of Christ. Not figuratively. Literally. The way you’ll treat the Church tomorrow is the way you treat Jesus. From Stephen Kneale at Church Matters: If Christ is unified to his people, then what one does to his people is what one is doing to Christ. How one treats his people …
A reminder that a thoughtful and intentional Gospel ministry relies on supernatural power, not pragmatism for its outcome. From Gospel-Driven Church Jared C Wilson : One of the most frequent temptations pastors and church leaders face today is to replace a steady commitment to gospel preaching and revival prayer with human ingenuity and industriousness. Can …
The church gathers to worship God receiving truths inherited from the past and expressing them in present contexts with a view to future hope. From Michael Kelley: During Joshua’s lifetime, the people worshiped faithfully, having their worship formed by their past. But they were only one generation away from forgetting all God had done, and …
An observation from Fleming Rutledge about the Gospel of John and how it demonstrates that while Jesus was relating to individuals, he was creating a community, a family, a body, branches joined to a common vine. Taking the Gospel and the Epistles of John together, no writings in the New Testament are more concerned with …
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