Matthew 18:19-20<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Christianity was never meant to be a religion of isolated piety. \u00a0Hermits and anchorites are foreign to the New Testament.<\/p>\n
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Christians are intended to be in fellowship with one another, to worship as congregations, \u201cto bear one another\u2019s burdens, that they may be light\u201d (Mosiah 18:8).<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 18:19-20 \u00a0 Christianity was never meant to be a religion of isolated piety. \u00a0Hermits and anchorites are foreign to the New Testament. \u00a0 Christians are intended to be in fellowship with one another, to worship as congregations, \u201cto bear one another\u2019s burdens, that they may be light\u201d (Mosiah 18:8). \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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