How can Christians live out their faith in the church, the family, and the government?

Find out in the issues etc. Book of the month for November,

Faith that Shines in the Culture.

It's written by regular guests, Dr. Alfonso Espinosa.

Learn more about faith that shines in the culture at issues ETC.org or by calling

Concordia Publishing House 1-800 3253040.

Faith that shines in the culture, the issues it said are a book of the month for November. For decades now the trend has been in church growth circles to downplay any kind of

distinctive Christian elements on Sunday morning in favor of things that mimic the culture.

What has that done for the church's witness?

And there's been a lot of talk about Christians in their various vocations,

going out and sharing the light of Christ but some of those

churches share very little of that light to the Christians in the first place.

Welcome back to issues etc. I'm Todd Wilkin. It's time for part three of our series Christian

sanctification in the three estates. Today we're going to talk about

pastors, priesthood, and the congregation. Dr. Alfonso Espinosa joins us. He's

Senior pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Irvine, California and

author of the issues it said are a book of the month for November faith that shines in

the culture. Dr. Espinoza welcome back.

Thanks Todd. It's good to be back.

What does it mean that Christians and therefore the church are salt of the earth?

Salt and light are put together side by side and the sermon on the mount by our Lord Jesus Christ

as recorded in Matthew chapter 5.

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