The Vanishing Church? | 9Marks Journal
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0737GDR31 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 131 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is seeking a bride for his Son, and he means for her to radiate.The nature of our relationships inside a church should be distinct. He blended in. We never stop being human, and our lives and loves should be deeply humane. What good is a church if it loses its distinctness? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.The growing opposition to the Christian faith in Western culture is heart breaking and worth challenging. But we are the new humanity. Our treatment of spouses and children should be distinct. He became indistinct. There might be places for both. Which means, cultural opposition shouldn’t scare us. Might as well throw it out.How precious for evangelism’s sake are our doctrines of sin and conversion.As cultural opposition grows, in short, church leaders must not be all lament. An old friend of mine known as a Christian who works deep in the heart of British politics recently affirmed gay marriage. Or all battle-cry. But the game is God’s, and he moves about his opponents like pawns.. It sets a backdrop for the display for the glory of God in our lives.Not only that, our evangelistic power is tied to our distinctness. Yes, there should be points of commonality. We should not presume to know what God is specifically doing through any moment of opposition, but we can assume that all the purposes for his church are love.The goal of thi