The servant of Christ is to live out the gospel and be the fragrance of Christ everywhere—in showing grace to other believers, in speaking the truth with boldness, and in witnessing with integrity.
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The servant of Christ is to live out the gospel and be the fragrance of Christ everywhere—in showing grace to other believers, in speaking the truth with boldness, and in witnessing with integrity.
Jonathan Griffiths serves as President of Heritage College and Seminary and as Executive Director of the Timothy Trust. He studied theology at Oxford and Cambridge universities and is the author of more than fifteen books—most recently, Gathered for Good: God’s Good Design for the Local Church (B&H, 2025). His syndicated Bible teaching program, Encounter the Truth, is heard on radio networks across Canada and the United States and globally through podcast. Jonathan is deeply committed to expository preaching and loves to train and mentor others in word ministry. He and his wife, Gemma, have three children.
I almost called this article, “Getting the Most out of the Gathering,” but I was cautious about accidentally communicating something in the title that I don’t mean. To be clear, I don’t believe the gathering is primarily about us getting something. I trust we all understand that it would be wrong to come to church with the mindset of expecting to have our preferences catered to. That is not the ‘getting’ that I mean.
