Caring Compassionately for One Another
Pastor Garry Eriks advocates for the local church as the primary source of compassionate care and support for believers struggling with sin, suffering, and life crises. The article challenges the tendency of church members to seek help outside the congregation and encourages the church to cultivate a culture of mutual care rooted in the covenant community God has designed, addressing practical questions about why, how, and by whom such care should be provided.
Where do you go when your marriage is in crisis? How about when you have a difficult child to parent? Where will you find help in extreme suffering after a death, or in dealing with abuse and its affects? What if you are struggling with porn, habitual drunkenness, or drug use? Our covenant God has given us the gift of community so that in our suffering and sin struggles we find help in the church first and primarily. Our covenant God who dwells with us has designed the church to live in...
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