Title: A Church for the End of the World...Is Uncompromising
Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29
Speaker: Tom Nelson, TomN@ChristCommunityKC.org

“Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the scriptures and clear reason, for I do not trust in the Pope or in the councils alone, since it is well known that they often err and contradict themselves, I am bound to the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not retract anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience.I cannot do otherwise. Here I stand. God help me. Amen."
- Eric Metaxas, Martin Luther, The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed The World

>> An Uncompromising Church..
- Exposes False Teaching
- Holds Fast To Truth
- Looks To A Glorious Future

>> Two Common Compromising Traps:
- The Trivialization Trap
- The Tolerance Trap

“The right to believe anything does not mean anything anyone believes is right...Tolerance is infinitely better than intolerance. But tolerance that is blase about error and evil and tolerance that flip flops into intolerance, are two sides of the same bad coin.” - Os Guinness, The Case For Civility

>> Navigating Our Very Diverse and Pluralistic Monday worlds:
1. Remember common grace
2. Assume a posture of humble confidence
3. Always be respectful of others
4. Distinguish between the individual and the ideas

“Parsing the difference between tolerance and approval requires the hard work of distinguishing between people and ideas. We should not underestimate how difficult that work will be.” - John Inazu, Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving through Deep Difference