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Megachurch Pastor Announces He’s Stepping Down To Become a Regular Member
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the posture of the church to the city is not as conqueror but as servant.
Alan Scott • Scattered Servants: Unleashing the Church to Bring Life to the City
“When a sinner is repentant, the elders should protect that sinner from the church. When a sinner is defiant, the elders should protect the church from that sinner.
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. • The Gospel
My brother and I (aspiring young theologues at the time) often discussed the need to confront the white “Christians” of Bearden with the demands of the gospel by invading their Sunday worship service with our presence, making them declare publicly that all are not welcome in “God's” house. But the fear of bodily harm prevented us from carrying out
... See moreJames H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
The huge challenge for the Euro-tribal churches is how we come to release our techniques, management, and desire to fix the church, and instead believe it is God who is acting out ahead of us, particularly in our neighborhoods.
Alan J. Roxburgh • Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World
The justified pastor—the man justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone to God’s glory alone, who happens to be a pastor—when taken on his good day or bad day, ministry high or ministry low, will be received with gladness and welcome. Clothed in the righteousness of him in whom you trust, how can you be turned away? You will not b
... See moreJared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification
These are God’s grubby people.
Dallas Willard • The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
