Too many churches are diagnosing the problem in a too optimistic of a way. We need something weigh more than just some really good advice for life transformation. It's actually cosmic conflict that's going on. You have gates of hell not prevailing against this church that jesus is going to build. So when we're talking about church, we're not just cranky, whining about we're not doing that. We're y going this is jesus's plan and he's building. He's the great church builder. I don't want to move past i'm going to go soe else besides matthew 16 in a moment.
Sometimes the church hinders our experience of the good life by packing our schedules, heaping on burdens, or trying to be cool and relevant. But the church can also help us cultivate the good life by pointing us to a kingdom that we receive—not build. In this episode of White Horse Inn, Eric Landry, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller celebrate the ordinary ministry of Word and Sacrament that leads to rest and flourishing, and they unpack how the gifts of justification and union with Christ contribute to our experience of the good life now.
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