Tag: Letters to the Church

  • Love Without Sound Doctrine

    Love Without Sound Doctrine

    There are many local churches that defend sound doctrine without love. There are also many local churches and other groups that promote love without sound doctrine. Their priority is acceptance and unity; Their teaching is shallow and agreeable. That sounds kind of nice. I wonder how Jesus feels about that sort of focus—acceptance and unity…

  • Notes on “Letters to the Church” by Francis Chan

    Notes on “Letters to the Church” by Francis Chan

    On Sunday we reviewed Francis Chan’s Letters to the Church. Below is an outline of Biblical usage and some brief notes. Chan’s book, Letters to the Church, begins by asking if all we had was our reading of the Bible, how would we imagine church to function? His thesis is that “God designed the Church to…