“But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” (v. 15)

Add this to the ways you think about the church:

It is the pillar and the foundation of truth in the world.

We treat it like a community organization. We arrange it according to our preferences for religious goods and services. And, if we are getting it as right as possible, we uphold it as a house of prayer and a home-base for mission.

But get this back into the frame:

The church is the pillar and the foundation of truth in the world. It’s where truth stands firm, in a shifting-sands society. It’s where truth is proclaimed, in a cancel-ready culture. The church is the body, given by God, that upholds and elevates and defends and dispenses truth—even as the wider world slides into relativism.

The Gospel. Christ in our place. Conviction and repentance and grace. The purity of the Word of God.

Truth.

May our churches stand, pillars and foundations all.

— Tyler