Ministry of the Church (4)
  1. Every time someone is baptized, every time bread is broken and wine poured, every time a sinner hears, “Your sins are forgiven in Christ,” Pentecost happens again.
  2. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  3. I’ve had a lot of nasty things done to me in my 43 years of life. Many of which were done by church people while we were worshipping and serving Jesus together.
  4. For most of my Christian experience I was taught and I taught others that church was primarily a place to go to serve, to use your gifts, to bless others.