![]() ![]() ![]() A faithful, Christ-centered church and its wisdom-infusing patterns of worship is increasingly a refuge for those being pummeled by the maelstrom of our digital era. Especially in our unwise age, attaching oneself to the church-the global, growing, two-thousand-plus-years-old body of Jesus Christ on earth-can be like finding a lighthouse when you’re lost in a raging sea. The church, the people of God, is second only to the Bible, the Word of God, as a source of reliable and transformative wisdom. Nevertheless, I’ve seen in my own life-and in the lives of many others-that the church can be an indispensable source of stability and growth a treasure trove of communal and Spirit-infused wisdom that we’d be foolish to neglect. Can’t we have Jesus without the church, adopting some aspects of spirituality without institutional religion? Aren’t churches prone to anti-intellectual foolishness, fundamentalist bigotry, and abuses of power? The list is long for arguments against the church as a vital part of our lives that reliably points us toward wisdom. Some might scratch their heads at this, especially in post-Christian Western cultures where the church feels unnecessary and irrelevant at best. The church is the second most foundational source of truth that can make us wise. ![]()
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