00:00:30.000We see the purpose of the church in 1st Timothy chapter 3 verses 14 through 16.
00:00:35.680That the church is the pillar and buttress, that is support, foundation, the rock of the truth.
00:00:42.920That the church does not simply exist as a pillar and buttress of kindness and compassion.
00:00:51.660Certainly kindness and compassion should mark the people of God.
00:00:54.480But the church, it exists as a fortress when everything in our culture is being destroyed, when every single element of the truth is being toppled over, it's being defeated.
00:01:10.960That as a last defense, that the church would be a pillar and buttress of the truth in a culture that says, as Pilate said to Jesus, what is truth?
00:01:21.160in a culture that makes truth relative
00:01:24.220in a culture that emphasizes your truth