What is the Church to do? Gather! - Part 1
The first part in a series by Pastor Josh answering the question: What is the Church to do? ...
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The first part in a series by Pastor Josh answering the question: What is the Church to do? ...
The first part in a series by Pastor Josh answering the question: What is the Church to do? ...
Keep ReadingChristians get together. Over and over and over and over again. Week after week we meet as a church. Why? We are looking at Hebrews 10 and we've seen that one reason has to do withGod. A second reason for our gathering together is found in verse 23, and it has to do withyou. The writer of Hebrews says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ...
Keep ReadingWe are to get together as a church on a regular basis. But what for? After reminding us why we gather in chapter 10, verses 19 through 21, the writer of Hebrews, draws out three implications for our life together as a church in verses 22 through 25. And I think those three implications give us a good grid for what's supposed to be happening when we gather as a church. T...
Keep ReadingThe church gathers. We get together week after week. That seems obvious. But, why? Why is gathering as a church so important? It's a command. We see that in Hebrews 10:19-25. But, it's not just a command. There are reasons. In fact, if you look at Hebrews 10:19-25 you will notice the writer is making an argument. We know that because he begins with the word theref...
Keep ReadingTrying to think what God thinks isn't popular. Pretty much the opposite. You can say the craziest, wildest, and most foolish idea and people will be slow to disagree or careful when they do. But, name the biblical truth, you say it, and people will attack it, and they will attack you. For some of us, that's difficult. It is easy to start to worry about what people thin...
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