God has instituted, for the nurturing of His bride, an organism called the church. It would do us well to examine just what the role of the church actually is.
In short, the marks of a true church are the pure preaching of the word, the pure administration of the sacraments, and the exercise of church discipline when necessary. Therefore, we can deduce that the primary biblical method for nurturing our relationship with God is to be a participating listener of the preaching of the word, a participating communicant at the Lord's Table, and a participating member in good standing of God's covenant family.
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Paul Viggiano has been the pastor of the Branch of Hope OPC since 1990.. Prior to that he was a youth pastor for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (USA) and before that on staff with Athletes in Action-the athletic outreach of Campus Crusade for Christ. Paul has a Master's in...