Sublime

We need the gospel that is in our brothers, and they need the gospel that is in us. So accountability must ask the hard questions, but it must do so as if Jesus were real. Because he is. And since Jesus is real, his personality and his judgments should shape the personality and judgments of accountability groups. Our hearts should not be shrunken a

Some very sincere, honest, intelligent people who have been believers for a long time say that the gospel-centered stuff is all very nice but they know the gospel already, and what they really need to know is what the Bible says about getting out of debt or surviving the workplace. Sounds totally reasonable, no? Law-drivenness almost always does, a

dechurched person as

But it wasn’t always that way. Michael Horton explains: Whereas Peter organized the diaconal office so that the apostles could devote themselves to the Word and to prayer, ideal ministers seem increasingly to be managers, therapists, entertainers, and entrepreneurial businesspeople.

In all roles theologians are committed to that form of existence arising from Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. They know that