Ok…so I’m not going to have time to write about all my thoughts on the book Why We Love the Church, so here they are in brief bullet-points:
-Healthy critique of people who are forsaking Sunday gathered
-Helpful explanation of oft-maligned events in church history
-Conviction regarding some of my own thoughts toward institutions
-Humility
-Love for God’s people
-Healthy critique of certain prominent (poisonous) authors
-Accessible language
-Pastoral heart
One critique: As the authors discuss the church, they frequently refer to it as a place. Granted, Christians exist in places (cities, houses, countries, continents, etc.), and Christians gather together in places. However, I think it’s potentially harmful when defining what the church is to say, “Church is supposed to be a place…” — that just communicates the wrong thing from the get-go. I think our definition of the church has to begin with “A church is a people…”.
Done.
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