Why the Local Church Matters | Josh Buice 

I totally agree but finding a Church is whats hard. Driving 50 minutes how do we get plugged in?

Thank u so much...❤🙏

Is there a reformed Baptist church in the Coachella valley ?

We all need at least a 101 on textual criticism Some scribes also had difficulty with ascribing apostleship to this otherwise unknown woman, and so made a very slight change in the text to circumvent the problem. In some of our manuscripts, rather than saying "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and fellow prisoners, who are foremost among the apostles," the text is now changed so as to be more readily translated: "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives; and also greet my fellow prisoners who are foremost among the apostles." With this textual change, no longer does one need to worry about a woman being cited among the apostolic band of men! A similar change was made by some scribes who copied the book of Acts *Dan Wallace, Early Christian Writings*

Plz pray for my husband to want to go to a physical church. I wont go without him. We at least watch the best teaching each Sunday - John MacArthur. I watch 4-5 other ones myself. Thx

I don’t believe there is a church within 50 miles that doesn’t: A. Sing Bethel/Hillsong B. Have Female Pastors C. Subscribe to Pentecostalism What is one to do, Josh?

Yes, yes, yes! You can't love the Lord Jesus and hate His body. It baffles me as an elder in a small local church for several decades how many people visit for a bit, then have some excuse why they won't be attending our church or any other. The excuses range from you're too small to you don't have a flashy youth program or your pastor is not as engaging as a prior pastor they once had even though the content is sound biblically. So they stay home and "do church" as a family. I want to ask these people how they expect to obey all the many "one another" statements in the NT that we are exhorted to obey if they aren't in a local church. Christ says clearly that we show His glory to the watching world best when we show love for one another (John 13:34-35). How are these Christians going to obey His great command to love one another if they are never around other believers in the local church? Our culture desperately needs an example of how people from different backgrounds, ages, genders, economics, and ethnicities can get along. God wants to show His glory in bringing people together who wouldn't get along otherwise. Yet these Christians see church as just another consumer commodity like a restaurant or entertainment venue. No, you show love best for Christ when you faithfully love and serve His body in His stead.

The perfect church on Earth does not exist and you cannot make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If you do you will spoil it.