MacArthur on Redeeming Culture (5 Minutes Ago)

I wasn't intending to live-blog, but this (from John MacArthur's opening session on a biblical definition of a church from Matthew 16) was too good to resist, in light of recent conversations here and elsewhere.

The church has no role in rearranging sinners into more acceptable lifestyles . . . We are not called to create a Christian culture. We are called to penetrate it with a saving gospel.

Here are a couple of free bonuses, just for fun:

The biggest mission field in America is professing Christianity.

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My idea for planting a church is to do a survey of an area, find out what people want, and then tell them the opposite.