The church is the gospel made visible.

If you need wisdom and guidance, then pray to the Lord to guide you.

Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin.

I think many people in the church are probably concerned that they can't answer all the questions that might come up. I am sure this affects people by playing on their doubts - especially if they have their own questions that they are wrestling with.

The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.

The more you come to know the Bible - both in reading it extensively and also meditating on it deeply - the more integrated your understanding of all of life will be. And this means that there will be fewer steps between what you are doing at work and sharing your faith in Christ.

Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The church is the gospel made visible.