Weight bearing questions

This one, oh this one (obviously):

http://bycommonconsent.com/2014/10/21/life-withers-on-testimony

And I liked this next one, but the questions posed by Isaac in this part of his comment below resonated better for me:

http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2014/10/the-body-of-christ/

Isaac Hess on October 16, 2014 at 8:29 pm

I prefer the question, “Is this God’s church? Is this God’s work?” I consider that question load-bearing, but an affirmative answer to that question carries far fewer assumptions than the simpler, “Is the church true?”

What does it mean for a church, a massive institution and bureaucracy, to be _true_? Not much. But believe that this is “God’s church” still allows a fair amount of error, sin, and imperfection that are apparent, along with the beauty, grace, and truth which are also apparent.