I think there is a place before we come to church, if it's the Lord's Supper, we really ought to think about our sins. And in our church, after the public confession, we have a little time left for us to offer our own petitions for forgiveness. I just think as we are expressing those sorts of local church expressions, we ought to look out for that a little bit. Your pastor should know your name. He needs to preach Christ and get out of the way. Be Christ for you, not replacing Christ, but representing him.
When new converts are brought into the church, they are often loaded up with the need to read the Bible, pray, practice repentance, and get into the community—but equally vital to spiritual health is a right understanding of and participation in the means of grace. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland discuss how the means of grace are used for our sanctification and why they are central to life and identity in the church.