Why must a Christian be in Community in a Local Church? (2)
1December 17, 2014 | By: Sam Storms
In the previous article I mentioned the necessity of all Christians being embedded in community in a local church. We find this in numerous biblical texts, but our focus here is on Hebrews 10:23-25. Continue reading . . .
In the previous article I mentioned the necessity of all Christians being embedded in community in a local church. We find this in numerous biblical texts, but our focus here is on Hebrews 10:23-25.
“23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
I want to start with vv. 24-25. I’m not ignoring v. 23, but will return to it momentarily.
Evidently there was a slight problem in Rome. Some of the people who professed faith in Jesus had developed the habit or custom of only showing up on occasion and neglecting to make regular attendance at and participation in the communal life of the church a part of their experience.
Notice the word translated “habit” (v. 25a). You don’t cultivate a habit overnight. It takes time. You find yourself immersed in a habit, often one you can’t shake or break, when you live unintentionally. That is to say, you don’t get up each day with a plan for what is going to happen. You simply drift through life. You take things as they come without forethought or preparation or prioritizing the many things that compete for your time and allegiance.
It’s not that difficult to develop a habit of neglect when it comes to participation in the life of the local church. You miss a Sunday because you were sick. That’s not your fault, but the next week, although you are in perfect health, your favorite sports team is playing the early game at stadium (or gym) and someone offered you free tickets. The week after that you have to work late and can’t attend your small group and you’ve accidentally overslept on the last two mornings you were scheduled to meet with your prayer-group at Starbucks.
The next Sunday you show up at the service feeling rather proud of yourself for having made it. You were even on time for once! But then friends invite you to the lake the following week, and the Sunday after that you found yourself way behind in that project your boss was expecting you to have finished and on his desk on Monday morning. And before you know it, it’s just easier not to make the effort. And it just seems to make more and more sense as time passes to devote your energy to other things that feel more immediately rewarding. And to top it all off, you sit down for lunch with a friend who tells you the same thing has happened to them and you suddenly feel affirmed. Your neglect is now validated by the fact that you’re not the only one!
And with the passing of time and the repetition of the same pattern of life over and over and over you unconsciously find yourself relationally distant from the church and emotionally unfulfilled by it. You might even discover that you regularly justify to yourself such neglect by saying, “I’m doing ok. I’m not committing adultery. I still believe in God. And I just got a raise at work and my golf handicap has gotten considerably better. I like this way of being a Christian.”
Our author comes straight to the point regarding this sort of “habit” or “custom” and therefore so shall I: don’t do it, it’s sinful, it’s a recipe for personal moral and spiritual disaster. The reason is found in the rest of the passage.
Now let’s be clear that the “meeting together” mentioned here in v. 25a is not simply the Sunday morning service. In fact, given the fact that what happens at this sort of meeting is mutual personal interaction where Christians are “encouraging one another” it would seem that he has in mind more of what happens in our small groups instead of merely in our corporate assembly on Sunday mornings.
You must not depend on your pastor alone to encourage you or to stir you to do what is right! I’m sure he will do his best in the time God has given him. But it is your responsibility to do this for others and their responsibility to do it in turn for you.
I know this is difficult for some of you. You may have been raised in a church tradition like I was where small groups didn’t exist. I was in church Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night every week. But I rarely had any opportunity to do what is described here or to benefit from someone else doing it for my sake.
Make no mistake: what you do on a Sunday morning is absolutely essential. Hearing the Word of God read, preached, and applied, celebrating the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, corporate prayer, corporate worship in song, hearing the testimonies of others whose lives God has touched or greatly used, are all crucial to the life of the believer. But when the early church gathered to do this there weren’t several hundred people in one room as there so often are today. So when we make application to our context in the twenty-first century we see the relevance of this far more in our smaller community group gatherings.
So don’t think you’ve been faithful to obey this command when you slip in late to a large Sunday morning gathering, say “hi” to a few folks during the meet and greet, and then quietly slip out while the final prayer is being spoken. That is not Christian living. That is not what our author means by “not neglecting to meet together.”
And clearly he is not talking about haphazard or sporadic meetings where you just happen to run across someone at Starbucks or the mall and you say, “Hey, since we’re both here, why don’t we obey Hebrews 10:25 and ‘meet’ for a little mutual encouragement.” That’s fine if you do, but don’t think that’s what our author has in mind!
Furthermore, don’t think the purpose of the meeting is so you can talk about why your team won (or, conversely, lost) its game last week. The purpose of these meetings isn’t to catch up on how the kids and grandkids are doing. It’s not an occasion for swapping office stories or for debating how you plan on voting in the mid-term elections! The purpose of the meetings is clearly stated.
So what exactly are we supposed to do? What is it that is so important and so needed that God would move upon the author of this book to command us not to neglect regular gathering so it might be accomplished?
He mentions three things. And we’ll look at them in the next installment.
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Eternal Union and Experiential Communion: So What’s the Difference?September 18, 2023
Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Five of my Interview with Matt Tully of CrosswaySeptember 18, 2023
Sickness is an EnemySeptember 18, 2023
Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Four of my Interview with Matt Tully of CrosswaySeptember 18, 2023
Is Joy in Christ Possible When All I See Is My Sin?September 18, 2023
Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Three of my Interview with Matt Tully of CrosswaySeptember 18, 2023
Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part Two of my Interview with Matt Tully of CrosswaySeptember 18, 2023
Why We Struggle to Grasp What God Has Done with Our Sin – Part One of my Interview with Matt Tully of CrosswaySeptember 18, 2023
How Can An All-Knowing God Not Remember My Sin?September 18, 2023
Miracles Are Outlasting the Arguments Against ThemSeptember 18, 2023
If My Sins Are Fully Forgiven, Why Must I Confess My Sins Daily?September 18, 2023
God’s Way of Dealing with Sin vs. Our WaySeptember 18, 2023
The Only Way We Can Overcome the Debilitating Power of ShameSeptember 18, 2023
5 Myths about SinSeptember 18, 2023
A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin (and three things he’ll never do)September 18, 2023
Biblical MysticismSeptember 18, 2023
Three (among untold countless) Glorious Blessings of SalvationSeptember 18, 2023
My New Book is Now Available for Pre-Order!September 18, 2023
Do You Pray for Lost Souls? If so, How?September 18, 2023
The Word became Flesh – A Christmas Meditation on the Most Breathtaking Verse in the BibleSeptember 18, 2023
Best Books of 2021 – Part FourSeptember 18, 2023
Sam Storms on Spiritual Warfare at the Bible Gateway BlogSeptember 18, 2023
Best Books of 2021 – Part ThreeSeptember 18, 2023
Did Jesus Exist Before Christmas?September 18, 2023
Best Books of 2021 – Part TwoSeptember 18, 2023
Best Books of 2021 – Part OneSeptember 18, 2023
Did Joshua Really Make the Sun Stand Still?September 18, 2023
My appearance on the Susie Larson show to discuss Spiritual Warfare (again!)September 18, 2023
My Struggle with ImpatienceSeptember 18, 2023
Did Jesus Christ have a Fallen, Sinful Human Nature?September 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (7)September 18, 2023
Best Arguments for the Continuation of all Spiritual GiftsSeptember 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (5) and (6)September 18, 2023
The Video Series of My Book, Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide, is Now AvailableSeptember 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (4)September 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (3)September 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (2)September 18, 2023
Unpacking and Rejoicing in the Most Powerful and Precious Promise in the Bible (1)September 18, 2023
More on My Experience with Tongues, Prophecy, and HealingSeptember 18, 2023
My JourneySeptember 18, 2023
What is the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit?September 18, 2023
A Question for all Complementarian CessationistsSeptember 18, 2023
A Threat to Whom? The Colossal Insensitivity of the Pro-Choice MindSeptember 18, 2023
My Interview with Steve Greene on Spiritual WarfareSeptember 18, 2023
How does Hope Serve to Sanctify our Souls?September 18, 2023
My Second Interview on Spiritual Warfare with Susie Larson and Faith RadioSeptember 18, 2023
The God-Belittling, Self-Exalting, Hell-Deserving Wickedness of UnbeliefSeptember 18, 2023
Buckle-up Pro-lifers. They will say anything to silence usSeptember 18, 2023
Is Montanism Heretical?September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Seven)September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Six)September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Five)September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Four)September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Three)September 18, 2023
My Podcast with Acts 29 on Spiritual GiftsSeptember 18, 2023
A Defense of Singing Songs from Bethel and HillsongSeptember 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part Two)September 18, 2023
Rapture into the Third Heaven and Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh (Part One)September 18, 2023
Insecurity and Pastoral Bullies Re-VisitedSeptember 18, 2023
Pastoral Bullies Re-VisitedSeptember 18, 2023
My podcast with Jennie Allen on Spiritual WarfareSeptember 18, 2023
What is Critical Race Theory?September 18, 2023
My Hour-long Conversation with Susie Larson on Spiritual WarfareSeptember 18, 2023
Three Principles of the Christian LifeSeptember 18, 2023
Who and Whose are You?September 18, 2023
Providence and the Counterintuitive Wonders of GodSeptember 18, 2023
The Absurdly Ridiculous and Profoundly un-Christian Accusation of Heresy against the new President of the Southern Baptist ConventionSeptember 18, 2023
His Nearness to Us, Our Dearness to HimSeptember 18, 2023
Podcast on the Convergence of Word and SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
Was the Apostle Paul a Universalist?September 18, 2023
Spurgeon on the Eternal Security of the BelieverSeptember 18, 2023
What is a Cult, and How Might We Know?September 18, 2023
Savoring the Supremacy of Christ in the Aftermath of Pentecost SundaySeptember 18, 2023
Revelation 3:10 and Seven Reasons why I don’t believe in a Pre-tribulation Rapture of the ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
Do “Miracles” continue but not the Spiritual “Gift” of Miracles?September 18, 2023
“Love is Love!” Or is it?September 18, 2023
Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Third Wave. Who Believes What? Part TwoSeptember 18, 2023
Pentecostals, Charismatics, and the Third Wave. Who Believes What? Part OneSeptember 18, 2023
The Life and Death of Jack TaylorSeptember 18, 2023
Introduction to Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive GuideSeptember 18, 2023
Why Should April 18 Matter to You?September 18, 2023
My Foreword to Dave Harvey’s book, The Plurality PrincipleSeptember 18, 2023
My new book, “Understanding Spiritual Warfare”, releases Today!September 18, 2023
The Foreword to my book on Spiritual Warfare by Dr. Clint ArnoldSeptember 18, 2023
We Cannot Overestimate Heaven, or Lessons on Happiness from Jonathan EdwardsSeptember 18, 2023
My “Vision” of Redemption from SinSeptember 18, 2023
Understanding Spiritual Warfare: A Comprehensive GuideSeptember 18, 2023
Check out my programs on Remnant RadioSeptember 18, 2023
My “Vision” for Pastoral Ministry at Bridgeway ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
Announcing the Launch of My New PodcastSeptember 18, 2023
Heaven is a World of LoveSeptember 18, 2023
A Tribute to Larry Crabb (1944-2021)September 18, 2023
No. The Spiritual Gift of Prophecy is not the same as PreachingSeptember 18, 2023
God Knows What You’re ThinkingSeptember 18, 2023
Are we Supposed to Forgive God?September 18, 2023
Could Certain Kinds of Abuse also be Grounds for Divorce and Remarriage?September 18, 2023
What Happens when Revival Comes?September 18, 2023
Another Example of Blatant Hypocrisy and Utter Moral InconsistencySeptember 18, 2023
A Word in Response to Sarah SilvermanSeptember 18, 2023
Some Thoughts on the “failed” Prophecies concerning Donald Trump and the 2020 ElectionSeptember 18, 2023
Should we take Covid-19 Vaccines that contain the Cells of Aborted Babies?September 18, 2023
The Three Most Encouraging Biblical Words for 2020 and 2021September 18, 2023
Beholding the Glory of Christ in Scripture in 2021September 18, 2023
A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part TwoSeptember 18, 2023
A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part OneSeptember 18, 2023
The Epiphany of Grace and GlorySeptember 18, 2023
Think You Know the Christmas Story? Here are Five Common MisconceptionsSeptember 18, 2023
My interview with Steven BancarzSeptember 18, 2023
Christmas sale of “Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide”September 18, 2023
Best Books of 2020September 18, 2023
Rejoicing that our God is AbleSeptember 18, 2023
Personal Integrity in an Age of CorruptionSeptember 18, 2023
The Fragrance of GratitudeSeptember 18, 2023
Spiritual Warfare on Remnant RadioSeptember 18, 2023
Edward Snowden: Why the President should Grant him a Full PardonSeptember 18, 2023
The Sovereignty of God in 2020September 18, 2023
The Abominable “Equality Act”September 18, 2023
I’m Voting!September 18, 2023
A Word of EncouragementSeptember 18, 2023
A Brief Reflection on John Piper’s Recent Article concerning the Presidential ElectionSeptember 18, 2023
When God Calls You His BelovedSeptember 18, 2023
“You are not your own” (living as slaves of Christ)September 18, 2023
The Remarkable, Christ-Exalting Life of My MotherSeptember 18, 2023
Why Did God Heal Me? Lessons from an Unexpected MiracleSeptember 18, 2023
The Ruthless Pursuit of HolinessSeptember 18, 2023
Was Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, Genuinely Converted to Saving Faith in the God of Israel?September 18, 2023
250 Theological Essays at the Gospel CoalitionSeptember 18, 2023
Boasting, Boanthropy, and the Strange Case of NebuchadnezzarSeptember 18, 2023
Does Paul Require the Complete Silence of Women in Church? A Study of 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35September 18, 2023
My interview on Remnant RadioSeptember 18, 2023
Still More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive GuideSeptember 18, 2023
More Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive GuideSeptember 18, 2023
My interview with Faithlife on Spiritual GiftsSeptember 18, 2023
Endorsements of Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide (Zondervan)September 18, 2023
10 Questions about Spiritual GiftsSeptember 18, 2023
The Foreword to "Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide", by Craig KeenerSeptember 18, 2023
Will Some Christians Smell Like Smoke on Judgment Day?September 18, 2023
My New Book, "Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide", is now Available!September 18, 2023
Spiritual Appetites Need No BoundsSeptember 18, 2023
Salvation as Partaking of the Divine NatureSeptember 18, 2023
Blessed are the Persecuted. Really?September 18, 2023
The Holy Spirit, by Gregg R. Allison and Andreas KostenbergerSeptember 18, 2023
The Conclusion of Christian Living, or, How to End WellSeptember 18, 2023
The Holiness of GodSeptember 18, 2023
Blessed are the Merciful!September 18, 2023
My new book on Spiritual Gifts!September 18, 2023
The Life of J. I. Packer (1926-2020)September 18, 2023
‘Jim’ Packer, Man of Immutable IntegritySeptember 18, 2023
My Reflections on the Life and Legacy of J. I. PackerSeptember 18, 2023
Why Bridgeway Church Chose Not to Apply for or Receive PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) FundsSeptember 18, 2023
A Podcast on why I left Cessationism and Embraced ContinuationismSeptember 18, 2023
Heavenly Healing and HappinessSeptember 18, 2023
A Link to my Podcast on the Attributes of God (Part Two)September 18, 2023
Sober Reflections on the Social Unrest and Racial Hostility TodaySeptember 18, 2023
Podcast on the Attributes of GodSeptember 18, 2023
Peace be with you! Your Sins are Forgiven!September 18, 2023
Our God is a Mighty Fortress in the Midst of Chaos and UnrestSeptember 18, 2023
My Interview on Spiritual Gifts at The Layman’s LoungeSeptember 18, 2023
If the Kingdom is Here, Why is the World in such a Mess?September 18, 2023
Face to FaceSeptember 18, 2023
The Only Lasting Solution to the Racial Hostility in our CountrySeptember 18, 2023
Jack Deere’s new book is now available!September 18, 2023
Yes, the Seven Seals of the Book of Revelation Have Been OpenedSeptember 18, 2023
Yes, the Seven Seals of the Book of Revelation Have Been OpenedSeptember 18, 2023
Why the Prophets Did Not See the Coming PandemicSeptember 18, 2023
A Prayer to Pray in a PandemicSeptember 18, 2023
Podcast on Why I Became an AmillennialistSeptember 18, 2023
The Good Shepherd in the Time of Covid-19September 18, 2023
True Spirituality is Physical: A Personal Word of Exhortation and Encouragement to the People of Bridgeway ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
Theologians on the Christian Life: J. I. PackerSeptember 18, 2023
The Goodness of God, Adversity, and the CoronavirusSeptember 18, 2023
An Example of Persevering FaithSeptember 18, 2023
I Raise a Hallelujah!September 18, 2023
Abiding in Christ in the Age of Covid-19September 18, 2023
What No Virus Can TakeSeptember 18, 2023
How a “You do You” Culture Has Made Us Vulnerable to the CoronavirusSeptember 18, 2023
Coping with Coronavirus by means of Good Theology!September 18, 2023
A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (4)September 18, 2023
Kissing the WaveSeptember 18, 2023
A Podcast on my Journey with the Holy Spirit and his GiftsSeptember 18, 2023
A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (3)September 18, 2023
A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (2)September 18, 2023
A Personal, Initially Painful, but Ultimately Pleasing Encounter with the Holiness of God (1)September 18, 2023
Some Thoughts on the Convergence of Word and SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
Why Bridgeway Church ExistsSeptember 18, 2023
Are Christians Obligated to give 10% of their Income to the Church?September 18, 2023
Praying for a Resurrection from the DeadSeptember 18, 2023
A humble (I hope) reply to my good friend John Piper on the question of whether it is biblically permissible to refer to a woman as a “pastor”September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of Martin LutherSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the TrinitySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Vicarious Confession/Repentance Theory of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Virgin Birth of JesusSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Welsh Revival of 1904-06September 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Work of the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Wrath of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Thomas AquinasSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Tithing under the Mosaic CovenantSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things you should Know about Total DepravitySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about God’s Will(s)September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about what Happened on Easter Sunday MorningSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about what the Roman Catholic Church believes regarding MarySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about whether Women should be Elders in the Local ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Women as Deacons in the New TestamentSeptember 18, 2023
“10 Things You Should Know” now available!September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Exclusivity of Jesus Christ or the “Scandal of Particularity”September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Second Coming of ChristSeptember 18, 2023
Ten Things You Should Know about the Sovereignty of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Spiritual Gift of Interpretation of TonguesSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Nature of Expository PreachingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Biblical PreachingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Theology of John CalvinSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Recapitulation Theory of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant Reformation in EnglandSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Relationship between Jesus and the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Salvation of those who Die in InfancySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Satisfaction Theory of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Lord’s Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:23-34September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Lordship Salvation ControversySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Moral Influence and Example Theories of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Most Famous Verse in the BibleSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Necessity of PrayerSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the New CovenantSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the New Heaven and New EarthSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the NicolaitansSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Person of the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Postmillennial View of the Kingdom of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Protestant ReformationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the PuritansSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Kenosis ControversySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Kingdom of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the “Lamb’s Book of Life”September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Life and Theology of Huldrich ZwingliSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Life of John CalvinSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Lifting of Hands in WorshipSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about The Filling of the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the First Great Awakening / First Phase (1734-36)September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the First Great Awakening / Second Phase (1740-42)September 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the GospelSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Governmental Theory of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Great White Throne JudgmentSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Healing Ministry of JesusSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Heavenly Intercession of Jesus ChristSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the History of Christian TheologySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Holy Spirit in the Old TestamentSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Imago DeiSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Immutability of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Imprecatory PsalmsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things you should Know about the IncarnationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Intermediate StateSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Jealousy of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the “Jezebel Spirit”September 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Judgment of the BelieverSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Second CorinthiansSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Seeing Christ in all of ScriptureSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Shame and GuiltSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Slavery in the BibleSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Speaking in TonguesSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Spiritual AdoptionSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about SufferingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the 144,000 in the Book of RevelationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Antichrist(s) in 1 JohnSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Christian’s Responsibility to Human GovernmentSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Christus Victor Theory of the AtonementSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know About the ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Convergence ConferenceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Cross of ChristSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Demise of Expository PreachingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Difference between Prophecy and PreachingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about the Dispensational, Pre-Tribulational View of the Millennial KingdomSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Election on TuesdaySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Empty Tomb of JesusSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about SatanSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Prophetic WorshipSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Quenching the Spirit when You PreachSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Race and RacismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about being Reconciled to GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Religious PluralismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about RepentanceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about RevivalSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about SanctificationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Quenching the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Marijuana and the ChristianSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Martin LutherSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about MiraclesSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about MontanismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about MysticismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Open TheismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Original SinSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Paul’s Letter to LaodiceaSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Pelagius and PelagianismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Penal SubstitutionSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Post-Conversion Experiences of the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
The End Times Our Hope & God’s Promise Part TwoSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Hurricane Harvey and the Sovereignty of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Ignatius Loyola and the JesuitsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Interpreting the BibleSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Irresistible GraceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about J. I. PackerSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Jehovah’s WitnessesSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan Edwards’s Most Important SermonSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Jonathan EdwardsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about JoySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Judging Prophetic WordsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about JustificationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Male HeadshipSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about ElectionSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Ephesians 5 and Mutual SubmissionSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about FastingSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Forgiving OthersSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about General RevelationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about God’s Creative PowerSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about God’s OmniscienceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about God’s OmnipresenceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about God’s OmniscienceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about God’s Power (in you)September 18, 2023
10 Things you should Know about GraceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know About AugustineSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Beauty, our Aesthetic Sense, and the Glory of GodSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Being Born AgainSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Being Filled with the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Biblical InerrancySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Biblical WorshipSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Blasphemy of the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should know about Christian HedonismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Christian MeditationSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Church DisciplineSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Church MembershipSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Common GraceSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about ComplementarianismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Deacons in the New TestamentSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about DemonsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Eastern OrthodoxySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Jesus ChristSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should about Pride and Humility from Jonathan EdwardsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about SuicideSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about 1 John 3:6 and 9 and Sinless Perfection in this LifeSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and the Relationship between Men and Women in the Local ChurchSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Financial Stewardship in the New CovenantSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about Alleged Appearances / Apparitions of the Virgin MarySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about the Anabaptists and their TheologySeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about AngelsSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You Should Know about James Arminius and ArminianismSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Female SubmissionSeptember 18, 2023
10 Things You should Know about Financial Stewardship in the New CovenantSeptember 18, 2023
Why Do We Read Scripture?September 18, 2023
How Jesus defines “Love”September 18, 2023
How to Pray against SatanSeptember 18, 2023
Once a Sheep, Always a Sheep (ten observations on what Jesus said about our Eternal Security)September 18, 2023
Ellie’s SongSeptember 18, 2023
He Leadeth Me!September 18, 2023
The Most Shocking Thing Jesus Ever SaidSeptember 18, 2023
New Insights into the Unpardonable Sin, or Blasphemy of the Holy SpiritSeptember 18, 2023
Dreams, Visions, Angelic Visitations, and RevelationSeptember 18, 2023
Best Books of 2019September 18, 2023
It’s Not the End of the Decade!September 18, 2023
Where was Jesus born?September 18, 2023
Is there such a thing as “Sign” Gifts?September 18, 2023
Angels, Satan, Demons, and the Christian View of the WorldSeptember 18, 2023
The soul-shrinking, self-exalting, hell-deserving wickedness of UnbeliefSeptember 18, 2023
Why I’ve never seriously considered abandoning ChristianitySeptember 18, 2023
Concluding my Conversation with Denny Burk on whether it is Biblically Permissible for a Woman to be called a “Pastor”September 18, 2023
A Response to Denny Burk’s Response to my article on Women as PastorsSeptember 18, 2023
Joy’s Eternal Sunrise. Why Heaven Will Never Be BoringSeptember 18, 2023
My book Practicing the Power is on Sale this weekSeptember 18, 2023
Is it Biblically Permissible for a Woman to be called a “Pastor”?September 18, 2023
The Language of Heaven - A ReviewSeptember 18, 2023
A Response to John MacArthur and an Appeal for Common CourtesySeptember 18, 2023
God will never let go of your hand!September 18, 2023
Convergence Conference Videos Now Available!September 18, 2023
“He meant to pass by them”September 18, 2023
The Day Water obeyed the Will of its MakerSeptember 18, 2023
Are Miracles Improbable? Rethinking What Makes Something “Likely” to HappenSeptember 18, 2023
“Casting sins away”September 18, 2023
God Created Us for “exceeding, inexpressibly great happiness”September 18, 2023
Closing the Gap between Scripture and our ExperienceSeptember 18, 2023
A Reflection on my Life VerseSeptember 18, 2023
The Horror of a Different JesusSeptember 18, 2023
Is there such a thing as the Spiritual Gift of Healing?September 18, 2023
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?September 18, 2023
A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part Three)September 18, 2023
A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part Two)September 18, 2023
A Biblical and Pastoral Vision for the Office of Deacon (Part One)September 18, 2023
Making Sense of a Strange Biblical TextSeptember 18, 2023
Some Thoughts about Jesus and the “Sabbath” on Labor DaySeptember 18, 2023
What does it mean to worship God “in spirit and truth”?September 18, 2023
My Interview with Andrew GabrielSeptember 18, 2023
In what way is God’s love for us most clearly seen?September 18, 2023
The Text that Nearly Destroyed the Faith of C. S. LewisSeptember 18, 2023
Is God still “mad” at you?September 18, 2023
It’s “apostatize”, not “apostacize”September 18, 2023
The Cross Wasn’t Just About God’s LoveSeptember 18, 2023
Joshua Harris and God’s Preservation of his PeopleSeptember 18, 2023
Ray Ortlund and Sam Storms on Endurance in MinistrySeptember 18, 2023
Pneuma Review Interview with Sam Storms on Speaking in TonguesSeptember 18, 2023
Part Two of Craig Keener’s review of John MacArthur’s book, Strange Fire.September 18, 2023
Part One of Craig Keener’s review of John MacArthur’s book, Strange Fire.September 18, 2023
Will There Be Sex In Heaven?September 18, 2023
Eternal Life (Part Seven of our Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
The Peril of Perishing (Part Six of our Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
The Necessity of Faith (Part Five of our Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
The Gift of God’s Son (Part Four of an Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
God Gave (Part Three of an Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
The Wickedness of the World (Part Two of an Exploration of John 3:16)September 18, 2023
Convergence Conference: 2019September 18, 2023
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Sharon | Dec 22, 2014 at 3:09 pm
Your point in this article is really good. Just showing up on Sunday morning isn't adequate to spur, or allow ourselves to be spurred, to love and good works.
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