Sometimes people like to say, “I don’t need to join a church. I already belong to Christ’s universal church.” Is that right?| Crossway
Sounds paradoxical, doesn’t it? We think we know that to welcome is the very opposite of having a wall up. We’re wrong. Ivan Illich taught that the welcome of hospitality requires a threshold. By definition, we need to move over a threshold in order to be welcomed. If there is no threshold to move over, I can’t welcome… Continue reading Put up walls so you can welcome→| nuakh
Local churches hurt people. People hurt people, of course; but since churches are people, churches have the capacity to inflict severe relational pain.| Crossway