Quotes about Community

What does all this biblical and experiential data tell us? That you cannot talk about human beings made in God's image without talking about relationships. Yet it is often the first thing we overlook. Only when human beings live in community do we fully reflect the likeness

The circle of human community is only healthy when it exists within the larger circle of community with God.

Our experience of reconciling grace is expressed every time we pool our resources for the kingdom of God.

Have you ever wished you didn't have to give or serve?

Relationships are best built upon godly, mutual dependence.

Good relationships are always built on the foundation stones of identity and worship.

Christian friendships do not simply help us bask in the sunshine of God's grace; they also help us to roll up our sleeves and strive after holiness.

Change within community is counterintuitive to the way we often think, but Scripture clearly presents it as God's way of making us more like Christ.

Worship is first an identity before it becomes an activity.

As we live with each other in the middle of the already and the not yet, we need more than elevated emotion and accurate understanding. We need eyes to see this one amazing reality: we are Christ's and he is ours. We need to see that it is spiritually impossible for us to ever be alone. His amazing resources of grace are constantly at our disposal.

In short, we are called to help each other see the unseen reality of our active, present, and personal God.

To the degree that you forget you are a sinner, you will underestimate your daily need for Christ and the relationships in his body that are his tools of change.