Two worthwhile posts for your review today

The first is from Alan Knox: Justification and the church meeting. Alan asks the question: how should the doctrine of justification impact our view of the church. Very important question. I think we all tend to put doctrines into silos and don’t allow them to interact with one another. I think that many of the doctrines of Reformed theology should lead to a more unified church instead of a more divided church. More on that idea in an upcoming post.

The second is from Lionel Woods: Loving The Church Without All of the Organizational Trappings. Lionel takes on those who insist that if you question the trappings of the traditional church, you somehow don’t love the church. As Lionel aptly points out, just the opposite is true. We question what is traditional because we love the church and many of us are very concerned that what is taken for granted lacks Scriptural support. The least loving thing we could do would be to just go along because that is how we do things.

Give them both a read, good stuff!