Churches naturally desire to be known as welcoming to their communities.
But American culture has added a lot of unwholesome baggage to the concept of being welcoming. How can we say we love America when it has a history of bigotry, slavery, and other forms of evil?
A church that desires to be faithful to God’s Word should have a ready answer to this challenging question, an answer that both recognizes the reality of sin and relies on the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
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J. A. Littler is an adjunct professor of Bible and theology at Clarks Summit University.
