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A Biblical Practice of Growth
How can we promote Biblical growth in the local church?
Expositional Preaching
- God's Word is His chosen instrument for bringing life and holiness
to His people. Expositional preaching is therefore foundational to the growth
of the church because it is the kind of preaching that best unleashes the
divine intention and performative power of the text on the life of the believing
community.
- The church is built on hearing and heeding God's Word as the
Holy Spirit presses it home to our hearts. Expositional preaching is therefore
foundational to the growth of the church because it is the kind of preaching
that is committed to presenting the whole counsel of God from the pulpit to
the people.
Biblical Theology
- Biblical theology helps members grow in Christ by enabling them
to understand and apply the truth about God, themselves, and Jesus Christ
as it is revealed to us by God Himself in His Word.
- As we see the overarching themes of the Bible, we come to a
deeper, more intimate, more accurate knowledge of God's character in Himself
and His ways with mankind. As we grow in this knowledge of God, we begin
to trust Him more. And as we trust Him more deeply, we begin to obey Him
more readily.
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