Tag: church
The Church is Jesus’ bride—the Church is loved by Christ demonstrated by his death and resurrection. The Church is filled with people drawn together by God’s grace and mercy. And the Church includes people from every nation, tribe, people, and language who will one day stand before the throne. And I want to say it before we go any further, I love her too. Yet, the Church is also made up of the local expression of church: local congregations assembling together around God’s Word and prayer. While no church is perfect—each with its own particular challenges, including socio‑cultural challenges—the migrant…
Pastoring a migrant church is hard, but rewarding. The challenge isn’t just culture, but sin. However, the gospel proclaimed with sensitivity, diversity, partnership could be the beginning of a genuine multicultural church where all nations worship God.
There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the…
A little while ago, I was at a friend’s house and I shared with him a video of a black gospel choir in Japan (link). He made the comment, “I wish I was just as passionate” as them. As usual, it got me thinking about what sort of believers are we seeking in our churches? What is the aim of our preaching and ministry each week? Is it passionate believers? Or…is there something more?
