The Bible has led the Christian church to understand its corporate gatherings as directed by God, directed to God, with blessings for Christians, and a witness to unbelievers. When the order is reversed that which God has directed for Christians to offer to him, along with the blessings they receive from obedience can be jettisoned …

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The call to repent is a call to acknowledge I’m going the wrong way. It’s not a punishment, it’s a gracious invitation to stop, turn and come home. It’s a bittersweet familiar companion. There’s a grief of heart that comes from the conviction of wrong, a grief of heart that is amplified when offence to …

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