Should your church have a bookstall?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I’ve come to the conclusion that yes, churches should have bookstalls and it saddens me that this is becoming less prominent in churches.

This is to be a short post so, should your church have a bookstall? Yes, and here are my reasons:

Theology Matters

Theology Matters. As a Christian Church we are to “truth in love” according to Paul in Ephesians 3:15. As Christian brothers and sisters, we are to speak the truth in love to each other as often as we are able. Why? Well that is verse 14. So we are not blown all over the shop by every wind of doctrine. Here’s the point. How do we speak the truth in love to one another in a way that guards against false doctrine. We speak true doctrine. Putting down deep roots in true doctrine, in good theology, that is what guards us against error. Both for ourselves, but probably more powerfully, as we speak this truth to one another.

So, we must take every opportunity to help one another put down deep roots in healthy doctrine and theology. We can do this by reading the Bible together, by reading books together, by speaking gospel truth in our everyday conversation and applying this to our every day lives.

We grow in this together as we speak to one another. And as we work to deepen our…