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
Church
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
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’
The Church is a Band of Natural Enemies
We’re constantly tempted to hang out with people just like us, who like the same things and who don’t really push us out of our comfort zone. This is true even
“My challenge is this…”
I was struck by this thought in Why Johnny Can’t Preach . Gordon is responding to those who have dismissed preaching:
I believe the preaching in many churches is so poorly done that