So Does Church Matter and Why?
A Review of Why Church Matters by Joshua Harris I wanted to give a note of explanation as I begin this review. The church, small “c,” is used to speak of the local church. The Church, big “c,” indicates the Christian family as a whole both living and those who came before us ever since the start of the Church 2,000 years ago. Many may know this author from his more famous work, I Kissed Dating Goodbye . Essentially, the principle is similar but applied to the Church. Joshua Harris was a church shopper/church hopper himself. However, he came to the point where he felt that he needed to stop consuming and begin committing to the Church. Not to do so would be missing out on God’s program through the Church to fulfill the Great Commission. In this book, he identifies church as many of us have come to know it. He then explains the biblical nature of the Church and the word pictures that the Bible uses to desc...