Ironworks

“Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” Proverbs 30:6      It is presumptuous at best to assume that man can say, “You know what I think the church needs?” Yet this is what has happened since near the beginning. The Judaizers came and said, “You know what the church needs? It needs these Gentile converts to be circumcised, keep the Law, and become Jewish-Christians" (cf. Gal. 5:1-6). The Corinthians said, “You know what the church needs? It needs her members to divide based on their favorite teachers, or, perhaps, even who baptized them. Cephas-Christians, Paul-Christians, and even Christ-Christians” (cf. 1 Cor. 1:10-13)      Today, even amongst our brethren, the cries of, “You know what the church needs!” are being raised again. Many are saying that the church needs the mechanical instrument to be more modern, more inviting, and more relevant. This is not new but has been a source of division for many years. We know fr...