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40 Reasons Why The Local Church Is Important
Is it possible to live a faithful Christian life without being a faithful part of a local church? I’ve heard many people make the argument that it is indeed possible—especially if there are no good churches around. I disagree. At the bare minimum, there are forty different commands in the New Testament to live life in some sense with other believers. For the rest of this…
The Role Of The Local Church Within Deprived Communities (2)
Mark Dever notes on The Gospel Coalition blog, that: Since the Fall, the trajectory of unredeemed human history—the City of Man—is always in the Bible to judgment (the Flood, Babel, Canaan, Egypt, Jerusalem, Babylon, Rome & then Rev. 19). (Not quite as universal as gravity, but seemingly as…
The Role Of The Local Church Within Deprived Communities (1)
Note: This is an updated version of a previous post. In his book, Generous Justice, Tim Keller states: “All I know is, if I don’t care about the poor, if my church doesn’t care about the poor, that’s evil.” Jesse Johnson, writing an article for The Cripplegate Blog, has a somewhat different…
Mark Dever & Jim Wallis on Justice & The Gospel (Must See!)
This is an excellent series of clips debating some of the issues around the gospel, social justice and the mission of the church. Part I [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA9xs_nWiXQ&feature=related] Part II [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKshfOGUGMk&feature=relmfu] Part III…