Sublime

What he notices, and what pleases him, is our churches’ passion for Christ crucified. But down here on earth, among people, it’s often a different story. People’s opinions of us gravitate toward two opposite extremes. And the clearer our churches are about Christ, the more polarizing we will be.

Jesus Christ alone is the hope, treasure, joy, and purpose of pastoral ministry. Not church growth, not church planting, not church success, not church business, not church programs, not church activities, not church popularity. Let everything be a means to this end: the treasuring of Christ and the enjoying of his glory.

If by God’s grace we hold the two together—gospel doctrine and gospel culture—people of all ages will more likely come to our churches with great joy. It is more likely that they will think, “Here is the answer I’ve been looking for all my life.

We live in a Genesis 3 world with a Genesis 1 blueprint on the trajectory to a Revelation 21 future.

The vision God has set for the fulfillment of all time is that his glory will gleam in every nook and cranny of creation. There is a new heavens and a new earth coming, and because Christ is the radiance of God’s glory (Heb. 1:3), Christ will be the sun of this new creation (Rev. 21:23). He will stand upon the earth, and all flesh will see him and

to articulate even the simplest biblical truths—who God is and what saving faith is,

Yet what’s fascinating is that Henry upped the ante. He called for a change in the conception of the pastor. Henry claimed that the pastor is to witness to this divine

Prayer ought to be more of a communion with the living Father in and through his written Word than a mere recital of our needs.

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