We "assemble" in a room once or twice a week, arriving and leaving as scheduled, sitting in formation, facing the same direction, singing the same songs, following the same program, standing, sitting, greeting and giving on cue, hearing the same message, fulfilling the same expectations, conforming to the same dogma, etc. etc. We're all players … Continue reading The Simplicity of Unity
Category: Church
Where, When and How to “Go to Church”
Personal note: For years, I raged against institutional Christianity, challenging it at every turn, taring it down left and right all I could, debating with everyone who dared to see things differently than I did. But then the Lord began to graciously adjust my temperament, reminding me that He is building His Church, that He … Continue reading Where, When and How to “Go to Church”
Jesus, Our Leader, Lens and Life
"I have called Christ the 'first instance' of the new man. But of course He is something much more than that. He is not merely a new man, one specimen of the species, but the new man. He is the origin and centre and life of all the new men. He came into the created … Continue reading Jesus, Our Leader, Lens and Life