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The Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God’s people, the church becomes “a creature of the Word.” She understands, embraces, and lives out the reality of Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection in more than her doctrinal statement. The...

The second is the well of relationships and sex. These desires, of course, are not intrinsically evil or wrong. Like money and comfort, they are gifts from a good God. But like everything, they can steer us off track when we elevate them beyond what God created them for, when the gifts become gods. That’s what we’ve done with sex and relationships. We have perverted these blessings from God, the Author and Creator of these gifts, and have elevated them beyond their assigned place, leaving nothing
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