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The Church's Job Is To Equip The Saints For Works Of Service In The World.

People Who Reject Transcendent Authority Can No Longer Persuade One Another Through Rational Arguments; Everything Is Reduced To Personal Opinion. Debates About Ideas Thus Degenerate Into Power Struggles; We're Left With No Moral Standard By Which To Measure The Common Good. For That Matter, How Can There Be A 'common Good' Without An Objective Standard Of Truth?

One Of The Most Wonderful Things About Being A Christian Is That I Don't Ever Get Up In The Morning And Wonder If What I Do Matters. I Live Every Day To The Fullest Because I Can Live It Through Christ And I Know No Matter What I Do Today, I'm Going To Do Something To Advance The Kingdom Of God.

The Church Has Been Brought Into The Same Value System As The World: Fame, Success, Materialism And Celebrity. We Watch The Leading Churches And The Leading Christians For Our Cues. We Want To Emulate The Best Known Preachers With The Biggest Sanctuaries And The Grandest Edifices. Preoccupation With These Values Has Perverted The Church's Message.

The Life Function Of [the Local Church] Is To Love The God Who Created It - To Care For Others Out Of Obedience To Christ, To Heal Those Who Hurt, To Take Away Fear, To Restore Community, To Belong To One Another, To Proclaim The Good News While Living It Out. The Church Is The Invisible Made Visible.