EPISODE · Feb 11, 2019 · 29 MIN
041: Why It's a Church Body Not A Family
from The Pursuit of Manliness · host The Pursuit of Manliness
Send us Fan MailOn today's podcast, I am going to walk through 3 reasons why we need to stop calling our churches and ministries "Families." When we look at the church in Scripture we see that it is regularly referred to a body, not a family. Somewhere along the way, our verbiage began to shift and I do not believe it is for the better. When we look at the church from the perspective of family, especially the way that we think of family in the earthly sense, we can begin to condone or allow things that we would not tolerate if it were a body. Join The Herd Community & Support The Pursuit of Manliness: https://www.buzzsprout.com/110664/subscribeGet connected to The Pursuit of Manliness: https://www.thepursuitofmanliness.com/Support the show
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Send us Fan Mail On today's podcast, I am going to walk through 3 reasons why we need to stop calling our churches and ministries "Families." When we look at the church in Scripture we see that it is regularly referred to a body, not a family. Somewhere along the way, our verbiage began to shift and I do not believe it is for the better. When we look at the church from the perspective of family, especially the way that we think of family in the earthly sense, we can begin to condone or...
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