http://justonemore.info/2010/01/reprint-wrong-reasons-to-love-the-church/ leading. equipping. inspiring. Fri, 18 May 2012 14:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://justonemore.info/2010/01/reprint-wrong-reasons-to-love-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Ryan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:39 +0000 http://justonemore.info/?p=1977#comment-1997 Brad, I understand your view. Your marks on leadership, programing are dead on. And the reasons why you join a church may be cause for a future blog. Josh is addressing those of us who are already connected to a church. Perhaps the problem many of us might have is loving the church for all the wrong reasons. I know this, my love for the church is deeper today than it has ever been before. Perhaps it is due in large part to my understanding of the church. I think every Christ-follower should ask themselves this question: does the church exist to serve you or do you exist to serve the church? Hint: the church is the body of Christ. Brad, I understand your view. Your marks on leadership, programing are dead on. And the reasons why you join a church may be cause for a future blog. Josh is addressing those of us who are already connected to a church. Perhaps the problem many of us might have is loving the church for all the wrong reasons. I know this, my love for the church is deeper today than it has ever been before. Perhaps it is due in large part to my understanding of the church. I think every Christ-follower should ask themselves this question: does the church exist to serve you or do you exist to serve the church? Hint: the church is the body of Christ.

]]> http://justonemore.info/2010/01/reprint-wrong-reasons-to-love-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Brad Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:25:41 +0000 http://justonemore.info/?p=1977#comment-1991 This is excellent Ryan! I wonder if it’s worth elaborating on though to help people understand how to choose and love the local church though. Because while all of these admonitions are the correct motivations for one’s attitude and motivation for church membership, they are all involved in choosing which of the millions of churches to become a part of. For instance, while it is accurate not to choose a church solely on the basis of a particular leader, the senior pastor MUST be a scripturally based leader and espouse the truth of the Bible and not a feel good more humanistic approach to our relationship with God. And while we should not choose a church based on a particular program, it is important that the church have ministries that glorify God and provide opportunities to serve God and not self. Do you see where I’m going? We continue to choose CrossPoint and totally commit ourselves to CrossPoint because this church takes the relationship with God seriously and it takes sharing the love of God seriously and glorifying God in every aspect of corporate life seriously under the leadership of a committed and gifted staff and senior pastor. What do you think? This is excellent Ryan! I wonder if it’s worth elaborating on though to help people understand how to choose and love the local church though. Because while all of these admonitions are the correct motivations for one’s attitude and motivation for church membership, they are all involved in choosing which of the millions of churches to become a part of. For instance, while it is accurate not to choose a church solely on the basis of a particular leader, the senior pastor MUST be a scripturally based leader and espouse the truth of the Bible and not a feel good more humanistic approach to our relationship with God. And while we should not choose a church based on a particular program, it is important that the church have ministries that glorify God and provide opportunities to serve God and not self. Do you see where I’m going?
We continue to choose CrossPoint and totally commit ourselves to CrossPoint because this church takes the relationship with God seriously and it takes sharing the love of God seriously and glorifying God in every aspect of corporate life seriously under the leadership of a committed and gifted staff and senior pastor.
What do you think?

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