Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You: Studies in Biblical Churchmanship
by Earl Blackburn
“Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it.” (Eph. 5:25)
“To love Christ involves loving the thing that He loves the most on the earth: the church! To profess love for Christ yet have no love or the church is a great contradiction!”
If you’re a church-goer or member, have you ever thought about why you attend? Do you go simply because you were raised going to church and it’s a tradition or habit? Do you go for what you hope or expect to get out of it? Do you believe church attendance is for the most part a good thing, but not necessarily required of a believer? What about joining as a member of a specific local church body? Continue reading “Do I Really Hafta Go to Church?: Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You”

