City on a Hill: Reclaiming the Biblical Pattern for the Church in the 21st Century (Biblia.com)

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Many sincere and dedicated Christians point to the path of relevance as a means for enjoying a post-Christian witness. They want to explore new ways of doing church—ways that focus on seekers’ needs, which appeal to today’s entertainment-saturated audiences, and don’t make church difficult. Philip Ryken, however, sees danger ahead. Rather than confronting the relativistic and narcissistic mindset...

prayer. It is the Word that instructs us to love one another and teaches us how to care. It all flows from God’s Word, which means that a teaching church will enjoy every blessing of God’s Spirit. The first Christians devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles: “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts” (Acts 2:46a). One of their primary reasons for meeting was to learn the apostolic doctrine, which is what is meant by the word “teaching.” The first-century church was

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