A Christian church is not a museum to display the saints of the church, but a hospital to treat the chronic disease of sin.
I feel it’s a matter of churches afraid to confront sin and actually holding people accountable. The Bible says it’s ok to correct someone who is doing something wrong (not Biblical). That’s what the Bible is for. To give us a guildline. Too many churches push sweep sin under the carpet and pretend that everything is fine and that nothing has happened.
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The Bible teaches that those who earnestly seek God will find Him and that He is not far from each one of us. When we do find him, we become acutely aware of our shortcomings.
Churches this day and time put way too much emphasis on putting bodies in the pews, entertaining them, and carrying on as if it were a social club.
Being a Christian is about growing in grace and understanding and serving God and fellow man. That is a far cry from what is happening in most churches today.
These Baptists can start by looking in their own churches for false teachings and the fruit thereof.
I’m a Baptist and I like Mark Dever, but he is wrong. The entire point The Savior made in the parable of the wheat and tares is that there will be false believers mixed in with real believers. He said to leave them be. Focus on making disciples, don’t try to police the phonies...they will be sorted at the judgment.
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Essays for Lent: The Church
Woe to the Solitary Man – A Brief Meditation on our Need for the Church
Jesus and His Church Are One
How Old Is Your Church?
Growing up the worse kids I knew were preachers kids. Many who are born in to the church life are not saved they have never been convicted of their sins and have not made Jesus Lord and Savior. Are these the Goats whom Christs says depart from Me for I never knew you?
Waiting for someone to come here and declare what a heretic Pastor Warns is.