Ecclesiocentricity is helpful in every way. The world is full of ideas about what the Christian life should look like. There are scores of amateur experts willing to share their ignorance with whomever will listen.
But a church-centered Christianity keeps everything in balance, and perspective. What is most important, from a practical point of view? Sunday worship, as it is ordained by the Word of God, and called by the church's elders. The two services on the Lord's Days, framing the morning and the evening, then become the paradigm for all of Christian living.
The devil is very happy to have believers consuming their time, their energy, and their very flesh, in many activities--even "good" ones--so long as they are not faithful to the basics of the godly life, which always starts in church, on Sunday.
May the Lord give His people a renewed appreciation for the refreshment and wonder of the simple, yet profound life in covenant: with Him, and His people, in His holy church.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
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