definitions of glory

The way we think about the church matters.

I think worship should be measured by God’s delight in what we offer him, not what we get from the experience. Our greatest benefit comes when we are filled with the fulness of God (Ephesians 3:19).

I think that Christians should be identified in every case by their purity in sexual matters, by the stunning beauty of their choices and decisions in the way they live their lives in the presence of God, and by their absolute rejection of any desire for worldly fame and success and or the mere accumulation of riches as a worthy goals for God’s people. Christians live different.

I think who we are before God is infinitely more important than what we do in God’s name.

I think the church is a glorious gathering of people whose lives are filled with God.

I think church ought to be much simpler and far grander.

I think about church being different from what it being I see in America.
I think when the church works properly, everyone benefits.

I think that many people hired as pastors, aren’t.

I think worship of God is incredible.

I think many people who think they are Christians, aren’t.

I think worship is only possible for people who believe and love God. Seekers should never be the focus of a worship service. Makes no sense.

I think being a biblical local church is difficult. And worth it.

I think that faithfulness is the only measure of success a church should be concerned about.

I think people are precious and that there is no reason to use people to make a church great.

I think love is more important to the church than a building is.

I think the work of the church is imitating God. Not being a business.

I think the church is different from the world.

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Some theses about the nature of the church and the glory of God.

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  1. Lois Gates's avatar Lois Gates says:

    I agree with everything you’ve listed here, Tom. If only more churches were like that. So blessed to belong to a Biblical church that teaches these principles. Of all the people who claim to be Christian, only 7 pct. are truly born again. Sad.

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