The Grace Discipleship Group

John Piper was asked the following at the recent resurgence conference.

“But how should we regard these errors [Wesleyanism and Arminianism] in relationship to the teaching office of the church and other institutions?”

Here is what Piper answered:

“Here’s my rule of thumb: the more responsible a person is to shape the thoughts of others about God, the less Arminianism should be tolerated. Therefore church members should not be excommunicated for this view but elders and pastors and seminary and college teachers should be expected to hold the more fully biblical view of grace.”

Here is the next article on the church in which Buff Powers looks at the church as family.  Enjoy. Continue Reading »

Here is the 4th in the series by Buff Powers.  Here he looks at the primary purpose why we meet together … and, surprise, it is not for worship …  read on… Continue Reading »

“In addition to holding to a clear vision, missional leadership involves facilitating the emergence of novelty by building and nurturing networks of communications; creating a learning culture in which questioning is encouraged and innovation is rewarded; creating a climate of trust and mutual support; and recognizing viable novelty when it emerges, while allowing the freedom to make mistakes.” - Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways, 233

Here is the third in the series by Buff Powers recording the journey of their church as they wrestled with the Word of God, as it related to their assembly.  This one is on church membership.  Continue Reading »

Here is a 7 minute answer to this question by Tim Keller. I will continue to post the Buff Powers series on the church next week.

Here is the second article by Buff Powers on the topic of the church.

Conversations for Change
Article Two:
Giving the Conversation Stability Continue Reading »