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Despite saying they want to serve people outside their churches, few churchgoers are even serving within the context of their own churches.
The reality is that the church is full of sinful saints, who are hurt from life and thus can’t apply perfect healing to others. But as we look to Scripture and the character of Jesus Christ, there is hope for a better understanding of what grief provides and how to healthily engage with it.
“Believing God wants you to tithe and doing it are two different things. Some who do not tithe are consistent with their giving at a lower threshold, and others give when they feel they are able. Like many exhortations in Scripture, giving your finances to God is not necessarily easy in practice.”
Most Protestant churchgoers spend time alone with God at least daily, but it looks different for every person.
By joining a local church, each person is making a statement that they identify with a particular doctrinal position of who God is and what role His Word has in their life.
Petr’s is one of many stories I’ve heard from persecuted Christians about the importance of our prayers.
Some may need to be reminded that the free gift of salvation is to be grasped with both hands, not with one hand still holding our idols.
Understanding the theology of spiritual gifts also helps us escape the temptation to see Christianity as a merely individualistic faith — about me and my needs and happiness. It allows us to see ourselves as members of both a local body and a worldwide communion of saints.
Despite saying they want to serve people outside their churches, few churchgoers are even serving within the context of their own churches.
The reality is that the church is full of sinful saints, who are hurt from life and thus can’t apply perfect healing to others. But as we look to Scripture and the character of Jesus Christ, there is hope for a better understanding of what grief provides and how to healthily engage with it.
“Believing God wants you to tithe and doing it are two different things. Some who do not tithe are consistent with their giving at a lower threshold, and others give when they feel they are able. Like many exhortations in Scripture, giving your finances to God is not necessarily easy in practice.”
Most Protestant churchgoers spend time alone with God at least daily, but it looks different for every person.
By joining a local church, each person is making a statement that they identify with a particular doctrinal position of who God is and what role His Word has in their life.
Petr’s is one of many stories I’ve heard from persecuted Christians about the importance of our prayers.
Some may need to be reminded that the free gift of salvation is to be grasped with both hands, not with one hand still holding our idols.
Understanding the theology of spiritual gifts also helps us escape the temptation to see Christianity as a merely individualistic faith — about me and my needs and happiness. It allows us to see ourselves as members of both a local body and a worldwide communion of saints.
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