There is a theology floating around out there, well-meaning, earnest, occasionally a little smug, that goes something like this: “Real church is people, not buildings. Real faith doesn’t need four walls and a mortgage. Buildings are a distraction, maybe even a spiritual liability, evidence that a congregation has gone soft on mission and started loving its own comfort a little too much.”

I see people nod along to this, the way you nod along to things that sound humble and therefore must be true. I understand the point, and I know they mean well, but you need to know I have never once nodded my agreement to any of those opening statements.

I hope to explain myself.

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I hope this message brings deep comfort to those of you who are, like I am, “in the middle” of some long process. YES, the Lord is the God of the “suddenly”.

But He also loves to tell a long, long story. He’s with you, in your middle.

Discover what it means to administrate the covenant “in your middle” - meaning: the covenant you are under. The Gospel. With all its new covenant, new and better promises.