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A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like.” —Beth Moore What is the way forward for the church? Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches—from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight...

Read this definition slowly: Grace-filled goodness begins in forgiveness, forms into freedom, and resists fear—all because it knows that God’s design for the church is love. The apostle John captures it perfectly in his first letter: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.[2] In the words of New Testament scholar John M. G. Barclay, “‘Grace’ is a multi-faceted
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