on church:
If we are not careful, our longing for and experience of community can subtly displace the gospel. Biblical community is much, much more than this.
Biblical community is significant not because it makes you feel significant, but because it recognizes that Jesus is our common source of significance. The gospel, not people, becomes the means to the end of our identity.
Our sense of acceptance flows from our relationship with Christ which, in turn, frees us to love and serve one another, instead of judging, demanding or ostracizing. We become a "one-another" community, freed by the gospel to love and serve each other. We are never too spiritually mature for the gospel.
Biblical community is significant not because it makes you feel significant, but because it recognizes that Jesus is our common source of significance. The gospel, not people, becomes the means to the end of our identity.
Our sense of acceptance flows from our relationship with Christ which, in turn, frees us to love and serve one another, instead of judging, demanding or ostracizing. We become a "one-another" community, freed by the gospel to love and serve each other. We are never too spiritually mature for the gospel.
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