The Challenge of Orchestrating Global Worship This Side of Heaven
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“A 25-hour-long event broadcast last weekend from seven locations around the world, Gather25 is the latest effort to bring together the global church for worship across tribes and tongues.” - CToday
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Welcome One Another
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“The Lord calls believers to love, forgive, and accept one another—precisely because He has loved, forgiven, and accepted us in Christ.” - Ligonier
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When Catholicity Leads to Compromise
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“All who love the gospel must pray for a greater sense of the virtuousness of catholicity. And yet in an era where marginalized believers look for as many allies as possible, I fear more of us might need to pray that our catholicity doesn’t become a vehicle for compromise.” - 9 Marks
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Christian unity, Internet, and ‘context collapse’
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“The Internet leads to ‘context collapse.’ It places into a space that is intrinsically faceless and lacks geographic borders. That space generalizes language and thought, ignores the very real differences between people and places, and pushes us toward highly generic ways of speaking and thinking.” - 9 Marks
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“Stop Calling Them Names” - John Piper's appreciation for fundamentalists and the problem of theological slurs
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“Now, years later, I recognize that this type of warm, large-hearted thankfulness for fellow Christians of a different stripe is a dominant characteristic of the godliest people I know.” - 9 Marks
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SBC's “real problem is NOT wokeism or liberalism or any of the other accusations bandied around.”
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“The greatest threat to the future of the SBC today is… growing unwillingness to cooperate in missions with churches and fellow believers unless they are in near-unanimous agreement on tertiary issues.” - SBC Voices
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Why Is Christian Unity So Hard?
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“nowhere in the Bible does God promise that the pursuit of unity, even among real, Spirit-filled, earnest Christians, won’t be as hard as it often is — any more than it promises that battling our indwelling sin won’t be as hard as it often is” - Desiring God
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If You’ve Started Hating Fellow Christians Because of How They’re Voting, You’ve Lost Perspective.
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“I’ve been disheartened and frankly appalled by the hatred I’ve seen some Christians have toward other Christians based on their political views—and that goes for both sides. To be clear, I’m not talking about impassioned discussions of which party or candidate to vote for. That’s necessary and important.” - Natasha Crain
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How Not to Have a Civil War, Part 7: Breaking Down the Walls
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“My Christian brothers who vote badly—very badly—are righteous. They are bathed in the righteousness of Christ. That makes how they vote insignificant to my regard for them, relatively speaking.” - Dan Olinger
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