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Why are bible believing Christians so adamant about Jesus being the one and only way to obtain a perfect, permanent relationship with God the Father? In a world torn by religious strife and hatred isn’t it prudent to share Jesus as one of many ways to God? Wouldn’t it be more humble to admit that none of us can really know the mind of God and therefore back up from the proclamation of Jesus and Jesus alone? And wouldn’t it be a whole lot easier to have a faith that respects and accepts the truth claims of others?
How does God speak today? How should you go about discerning His voice? How should the church decide what to believe, teach, and promote regarding God, His Son and the gospel of Jesus Christ? How should believers seek God’s direction regarding the important issues of their lives? In what ways should we settle disputes that arise about church believe and practice? Are our beliefs and practices based on our experiences plus scripture, the private revelations from people who say they’ve heard directly from God plus the scripture or on scripture alone? This is crucial because churches, families and individuals will pursue their relationship with God based on something. We’ll submit to the guidance of our own experiences, a pastor/guru or the scriptures.
About a year ago I wrote that among other things CRC is a group of churches that stand on an promote the historic five solas of the reformation. I return now to take a little bit more in depth look at each of the solas and why we believe they are still important and relevant for God’s church today.
In the last installment of our current blog series our brother Michael Leach exhorts us to press toward faithfulness in the biblical distinctives of the church so that we can avoid the pitfalls of recasting the church according to the shifting winds of our current culture.
The third installment of our current blog series features the marks of a biblical church as spelled out by our brother Michael Leach.
In the second installment of the blog series 'To God Be Glory In The Church' our brother Michael Leach lays out the attributes of the church of God.
Our brother Michael Leach recently wrote a letter of exhortation to the brothers on the subject of God's church. The next few posts contain excerpts of that letter under the heading 'To God Be Glory In The Church.
I've decided to weigh into the clash with a response to the veep's first question. I'm particularly interested in addressing it since CLF is a church plant of Tenth Presbyterian Church. While the answer springs from the the question the response isn't necessarily directed at my brother Eric himself. The answer is more of a reflection on the place of culture in the church at this time. I hope it's somewhat helpful.
Leading off this week's discussion in our Culture Clash subject is Rev. Thabiti Anybwile. Many of you know of our brother and fellow elder from his blog called Pure Church. Among other things he serves as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman and is the author of two books, The Faithful Preacher and the just released The Decline of African-American Theology. Brother 'T' is also a founding member of The Council of Reforming Churches.
Our discussion continues with the first response to brother Eric's post which was submitted by Rev. Kevin Smith. Rev. Smith has served as the pastor of the Waston Memorial Bapist Church since Feb. 2004. He is a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where is also a candidate for the Ph.D degree. We welcome this brother to the discussion.