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The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive is unavailable, but you can change that!

The local church is meant to embody the vibrant diversity of the global church, transcending racial, cultural, and economic boundaries. Yet local churches too often simply reflect the same societal divisions prevalent in our world today—making them more akin to social clubs filled with like-minded people than the supernatural community the New Testament prescribes. Pastors Mark Dever and Jamie...

a deep interest in theology. After all, theology divides; community unites, right? If you’ve been following what I’ve written so far in this chapter, you will recognize the absurdity of this assertion. Remember, our love isn’t proportional to our forgiveness; it’s proportional to our understanding of forgiveness. If someone has been forgiven by Christ’s supernatural sacrifice at the cross—and yet that person never explores the depths of his sin and the miracle of the atonement—his love will remain