Why Small Groups?/The Art of Care and Correction
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| + | As we read in Chapter One of this book, a primary goal of small-group ministry is sanctification. God has called us each to be conformed to the image of Christ. In God’s wisdom, he has made us so that we cannot accomplish this without the involvement of others. Wayne<br>Grudem has said, “Sanctification is usually a corporate process in the New Testament. It is something that happens in community.”1 Another has well said, “One can acquire anything in solitude except character.” | ||
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| + | <ref>1. Wayne Grudem, "Systematic Theology" (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), p. 756.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:56, 28 April 2008
Chapter Five: The Art of Care and Correction
M I C K E Y C O N N O L L Y
As we read in Chapter One of this book, a primary goal of small-group ministry is sanctification. God has called us each to be conformed to the image of Christ. In God’s wisdom, he has made us so that we cannot accomplish this without the involvement of others. Wayne
Grudem has said, “Sanctification is usually a corporate process in the New Testament. It is something that happens in community.”1 Another has well said, “One can acquire anything in solitude except character.”
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