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This blog is a continuation of the previous blogs on the doctrine of the church. The church consists of believers in Jesus Christ. It does not consist of mere churchgoers or religious types. One does not belong to the church by being a good neighbor or by giving money to a noble cause or by being born into a Christian family. One does not belong to the church by taking communion, reading the Bible, or praying regularly. To be certain, genuine believers will desire such practices, but external practices alone do not make one a believer any more than going…

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God . . . it pleased God through the foolishness of what we preach to save those who believe . . . not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.  But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the…

. . . on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  (Mt 16:18) How precious is your church, O Lord.  She is your jewel, your Beloved, the ones you ransomed from the pit and made your own.  May we see her in all her glory, clothed in the righteousness of Christ and living as sons and daughters of the High King.  And may we honor her as one honors the bride of royalty. A picture is worth a thousand words. You have heard the saying. And though Jesus predates the…