Membership
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?
All Scripture—including the Old Testament—is God-breathed and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. But it’s important to know exactly how and when to apply it.
A key issue is frequently overlooked by both Protestant admirers of Rome and those who convert to Catholicism—assurance of salvation.
Jesus gives us the spiritual light and the interpretive lens we need to properly read and apply the OT.
We are not aiming for simpering servants, but for adult children who have the wherewithal to ask good questions and follow with dignity and intelligence.
There are kinds of worship that God doesn’t approve of and our own instincts on how to worship him are often wrong.
Martin and Griggs dignify small-town ministry, but at no point do they sugarcoat it.
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?