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Narrated by Barnabas Piper
Barnabas PiperUnabridged — 2 hours, 43 minutes
Narrated by Barnabas Piper
Barnabas PiperUnabridged — 2 hours, 43 minutes
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Building deep community as a fellowship of believers.
Author Barnabas Piper states in the first chapter of his book:
“We are looking for something personal, something deeply meaningful, something with which we can identify. And this book is an invitation to find that in the church, because God wants us to ...Part of God's perfect strategy is offering hurting, tired, worn out, needy sinners like you and me a place to belong in ... A place in which to encounter the profound, transformative, healing, restoring grace of Jesus Christ.”
This book explores how you can help to create a church where everybody feels at home: a place where fellow believers build genuine, honest, meaningful Christian relationships and enjoy deep fellowship as a community of believers.
You may be a new believer and wonder what it means to belong to a church; you may be reluctant to commit to your church because of past experiences; you may have recently relocated and want to find a church where you feel at home; or you may love your church and desire to commit to it more deeply and serve it more fully. Whatever the case, this book will help you to see that belonging to a church is a good gift from God, the outworking of our identity as brothers and sisters in Christ, and worth your time, love, and commitment.
Our local churches, despite their flaws and imperfections, are purposed by Jesus to be a taste of heaven on earth. With pastoral warmth and biblical wisdom, Barnabas paints a picture in these pages of what our experience in the church is meant to be. This book is deeply refreshing and grounded with helpful application.
This book is a welcome and needed vision for creating church cultures that warmly reflect the gospel. It is an encouragement for each of us to be the church we hope to be a part of—loving one another, encouraging one another, bearing with one another, and serving one another.
Most Christians really want to connect with and to serve their local congregations. They often just don’t know how or where to start. Barnabas Piper does away with hectoring or manipulation and offers accessible and wise counsel on how to find that kind of love and belonging within the community of Christ.
The church of Jesus Christ is designed by God to be a celebration of the miracle of belonging. Because of the grace of Jesus, we belong to God and to one another. In a way that I have never read before, Barnabas Piper not only defines that belonging but also helps us to understand how to live with one another in a way that always reflects that, by grace, we together belong to God
For too long, we have viewed church (whether consciously or not) as consumers. Barnabas provides a much-needed corrective to help us see and value what it means to belong. Here is wise counsel and radical yet biblical therapy for us all.
Jesus is inviting us to truly belong to a church community full of humility, honesty, and honour. Part of the value of this book is that its author has experienced the pain of churches where belonging was hard and the attempt to belong left him weary and wary. Whether you are loving church life, scared of stepping through the doors of another church, or somewhere in between, this book will be valuable to you.
Barnabas Piper helpfully reminds us about what it really means to belong to a church family in a way that is full of heart and life. I highly recommend this book—it will challenge and inspire you to think differently about your church and love your church family more deeply and authentically.
In an age of isolation, individualism, and loneliness, the church has a wonderful opportunity to remind people that they were made for community—made to belong to the family of God, the church. Belong is a book that can help Christians retrieve the priority of the local church. I am praying this book gets a wide reading.
We are saved not just into an individual relationship with Christ but into the gathered community of his church. In an age of extreme individualism and profound loneliness, Barnabas gives us a glimpse into the church’s purpose and beauty, her shared values and challenges, inviting us to take our place in something greater than ourselves: the communion of saints. Here is good help for all who long to belong.
In our time, when loneliness is at epidemic proportions, something proactive must be done. As Barnabas shows, the local church is the epicenter for belonging to be experienced in the richest, most life-giving and sustainable ways. I cannot recommend this book to you highly enough.
For too long, we have viewed church (whether consciously or not) as consumers. Barnabas provides a much-needed corrective to help us see and value what it means to belong. Here is wise counsel and radical yet biblical therapy for us all.
Jesus is inviting us to truly belong to a church community full of humility, honesty, and honour. Part of the value of this book is that its author has experienced the pain of churches where belonging was hard and the attempt to belong left him weary and wary. Whether you are loving church life, scared of stepping through the doors of another church, or somewhere in between, this book will be valuable to you.
Most Christians really want to connect with and to serve their local congregations. They often just don’t know how or where to start. Barnabas Piper does away with hectoring or manipulation and offers accessible and wise counsel on how to find that kind of love and belonging within the community of Christ.
Most Christians really want to connect with and to serve their local congregations. They often just don’t know how or where to start. Barnabas Piper does away with hectoring or manipulation and offers accessible and wise counsel on how to find that kind of love and belonging within the community of Christ.
This book is a welcome and needed vision for creating church cultures that warmly reflect the gospel. It is an encouragement for each of us to be the church we hope to be a part of—loving one another, encouraging one another, bearing with one another, and serving one another.
We are saved not just into an individual relationship with Christ but into the gathered community of his church. In an age of extreme individualism and profound loneliness, Barnabas gives us a glimpse into the church’s purpose and beauty, her shared values and challenges, inviting us to take our place in something greater than ourselves: the communion of saints. Here is good help for all who long to belong.
Jesus is inviting us to truly belong to a church community full of humility, honesty, and honour. Part of the value of this book is that its author has experienced the pain of churches where belonging was hard and the attempt to belong left him weary and wary. Whether you are loving church life, scared of stepping through the doors of another church, or somewhere in between, this book will be valuable to you.
The church of Jesus Christ is designed by God to be a celebration of the miracle of belonging. Because of the grace of Jesus, we belong to God and to one another. In a way that I have never read before, Barnabas Piper not only defines that belonging but also helps us to understand how to live with one another in a way that always reflects that, by grace, we together belong to God
In our time, when loneliness is at epidemic proportions, something proactive must be done. As Barnabas shows, the local church is the epicenter for belonging to be experienced in the richest, most life-giving and sustainable ways. I cannot recommend this book to you highly enough.
| BN ID: | 2940159552112 |
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| Publisher: | One Audiobooks |
| Publication date: | 08/21/2023 |
| Series: | Love Your Church |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
