One cannot explain the explosive dynamite, the dunamis, of the early church apart from the fact that they practiced two things simultaneously: orthodoxy of doctrine and orthodoxy of community in the midst of the visible church, a community which the world could see.  By the grace of God, therefore, the church must be known simultaneously for its purity of doctrine and the reality of its community.  Our churches have so often been only preaching points with very little emphasis on community, but exhibition of the love of God in practice is beautiful and must be there. (Francis Schaeffer)

by Richard Shin

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• “We must not relegate God to those occasions when he is one cause among others that we can see, measure, and test.  We only have direct access to the natural means, but they are God’s ordinary way of working in the world and in our lives.” Michael Horton teaches us that our God is the God of the ordinary.
• “Though the unpredictable timing of Lefty Gomez must have been a source of frustration for his teammates, as this vignette reveals, that to Lefty a promise was a promise.” Clint Archer writes about the promises of God.
• “Men seem to be wired in such a way that pornography hijacks the proper functioning of their brains and has a long-lasting effect on their thoughts and lives.” Dr. Al Mohler pens an article on how pornography affects the brain.
• “I thought she was saying, ‘I sure would like to spend some time with you dad. Why don’t you put me on your lap?’ Now I believe she was saying, ‘You’ll be glad if you put me on your lap.’ And she was right. But there is no Shannon to comfort me in the loss of Shannon.” R.C. Sproul Jr. updates us a year after his daughter’s passing.
• “For me or any other writer to claim to know what is going on in all those churches is sheer foolishness. Only God attends every church service in America. Unless he gives us some inside scoop, let’s stop claiming to know what only he knows. Otherwise, we are not helping our pet cause, we are merely slandering Christ bride.” Joe Carter writes on the slandering of Christ’s bride.
• “I said Hill and Allberry’s books have two things in common. The first is that they accept that this biblical evidence is overwhelming that homosexual practice is not God’s will. The second is that they, as men attracted to other males, believe that the biblical view of homosexuality makes great sense and is even liberating when viewed from within joyful belief of the gospel story.” Tim Keller reviews two books on Christianity and homosexuality penned by two Christian men who are attracted to other men.

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