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Your King Has Come - Indelible Grace
Other than video clips on various Reformers, the 31 Days of Praying for Your Pastor series, and clips here and there from the film Luther, I know I haven’t been posting much of anything original these last few days. I would post more, but the month of October is always just so crazy for us and our business each year that my mind is admittedly not focused on what to write about. Instead I have tunnel vision as we approach the 31st and reach the pinnacle of the season for our business. Trust me, after this month is over, I will have plenty of time to ponder any number of subjects about which to write.
In the meantime, consider this question:
Is a church a true church because it says it is, or because it belongs to an orthodox denomination?
Is a church really a church if it doesn’t proclaim the word (but instead provides weekly motivational/encouraging/self-help messages, even with God and Jesus present in those messages), refuses to exercise accountability and discipline of it members, and barely observes the sacraments? I’m sure it is possible that true believers can be members there, but I am not so sure the place they call their church home is really a part of the visible body of Christ. Where they attend may be a visible “church”…but is it a part of the invisible church?
For serious reading on this topic, check out Brian Schwertley’s article, The Visible vs. Invisible Church.
