Tag: Church
-
Holiness: The Second Mark of the Church
by James M. Boice Holiness is the characteristic of God most mentioned in the pages of the Word of God and is therefore, quite rightly, that which should characterize God’s church. We are to be a “holy” people (1 Pet. 2:9). We are to “follow” after holiness. Indeed, without it “no man shall see the…
-
Joy: The First Mark of the Church
by James M. Boice That most of us do not think of joy as a primary characteristic of the Church probably indicates both how little we regard it and how far we have moved from the spirit of the early Church. For if anything characterizes the early Church it is that it was a joyous assembly. …
-
Marks of a Healthy Church
Over the next several weeks the leaders of Walnut Hill Church will engage in a number of discussions concerning the health and direction of our church. These discussions will cover a wide range of considerations. Walnut Hill, though a smaller church is in many respects already a healthy congregation. I believe that if we were to…
-
Community in Worship
In our society, we are conditioned to think primarily in terms of the individual. This also seems to be true in the church – sadly, perhaps especially so. Noted worship scholar, Robert Webber, said that so much stress has been laid on individual conversion that worship services, in many churches, are often not worship-centered. He said that in conversion-centered…
