The speaker's father, a long-time Sunday school teacher, noticed that people often become inactive in the church when they seek leisure and rest outside the church, such as getting an RV or a beach house. He emphasized the importance of the church being rooted in a rigorous gospel to provide true fulfillment, highlighting that some churchgoers seek what they perceive as spiritual rest in worldly pursuits. The father believes that if the church emphasized the value of Sunday over worldly leisure on Saturday, more people would find the fulfillment they seek within the church.
We can't go back to the church environments we grew up with, we can only go forward. So what would a healthy modern reformation and a Great Rechurching look like? Rather than wallowing in pessimism and longing to return to the church of yesteryear, Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Justin Holcomb, and Walter Strickland discuss how the church today can reform and be marked by orthodoxy, love, and resilient joy.
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Featuring: Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb