Saturday Links

The Blazing Center has some good advice on finding Christ in the Old Testament. Church sign fail An interview with Max McLean on Mark’s Gospel, Screwtape Letters, and More. I reviewed McLean’

Small, Flawed, Messy – and Holy

Churches have seldom looked like much. The churches we read about in the New Testament were small. When Paul wrote the book of Romans, he wrote to a church at the center of

One Thing Missing

Yesterday’s post on the church brings up a good question: how do we critique the church? It certainly needs correction at times. This is made even harder because many of us have

How the Church Changes Social Conditions

Is the church called to address social problems? Martyn Lloyd-Jones argues that the church isn’t, but Christians are. The greatest change comes through Christians who apply the gospel in every area of

Challenging Low Views of Church

I often talk to people who have low views of the church. Some of the most common: * the consumer view – the church just isn’t meeting my needs * the voluntary association view – I’