Get off the sofa and go to church
Let's get real about something far too many professing Christians have wrongly decided is OK. We're talking about people who think obedience to Christ doesn't require participation in the local church.
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Let's get real about something far too many professing Christians have wrongly decided is OK.
We're talking about people who think obedience to Christ doesn't require participation in the local church.
In a few Christian women's groups I'm in online, I've seen so many casually mentioning how they don't have a church, or aren't particularly interested in looking for one, or blatantly reject the idea that...
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Let's get real about something far too many professing Christians have wrongly decided is OK. We're talking about people who think obedience to Christ doesn't require participation in the local church. In a few Christian women's groups I'm in online, I've seen so many casually mentioning how they don't have a church, or aren't particularly interested in looking for one, or blatantly reject the idea that it's needed at all.
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- I don't need to be "pastored." This woman is way off base, because a lone Christian is much more easily misled than someone who's following Christ's command to connect with a local body of believers.
- To clarify, we're not talking about the capital C "Church" — the global body of believers throughout history.
- Every authentic Christian joins THAT Church the moment they turn to Christ.
- No, we're talking about the LOCAL church — designed by God to offer what the global Church cannot.
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All of this is scriptural, as we'll point out...
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