When is the church not the church?

I’ve spoken a lot about the church on Substack lately — a few weeks ago I spoke about how it was important to separate ourselves from churches which are not true churches. In this podcast, I wanted to look practically about how we can tell the difference between a true church and a fake one. In particular we look at (1) submitting to the Scriptures; (2) taking holiness seriously; (3) taking discipleship seriously — especially for children and new Christians. Separation can be painful but I believe it is the most loving option.I quote from J.C. Ryle’s piece “Bible Reading”, which can be found online here.Sacred Musings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.If you use Telegram, do join the Sacred Musings channel.If you appreciate Sacred Musings, you can help me out in a few ways: 1. Becoming a subscriber - free or paid; 2. Sharing Sacred Musings on social media or with anyone you think might like it; 3. If you’d like to contribute to help keep this running but becoming a paid subscriber is not the right option for you right now, you can give one-off via PayPal. Thank you so much! Get full access to The Bible Uncancelled at bibleuncancelled.substack.com/subscribe