To Church!!

This from Gary Thomas, author of, among other things, Sacred Marriage, but the following comes from a more recent work, Authentic Faith:

When God calls us to himself, he calls us to his church, to a purpose bigger than ourselves. This may sound shocking to some, but biblically, living for God means living for His church. There is a glory in the presence of Jesus Christ, seen when believers come together, that will necessarily be missing in an individual pursuit of God. When the gospel is turned from a community-centered faith to an individual-centered faith ("Jesus would have died for me if I had been the onle one!"), we eclipse much of its power and meaning.