Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. (Luke 16:10)
a Book thought...
We don’t have to make the same mistakes that Jacob or Esau or Saul made. God wrote it all out for us. In sixty-six books, He offers us the wisdom of the ages. (p36 Cordeiro)
a Dave thought...
A question I often ask myself is ‘what is church?’ In an era when many shift from church to church trying to find the place of worship that fits their needs I often wonder if that is what God has in mind. Many of us go purely for our own purposes, some go to serve and help others & there are also those that attend to meet with God. Alan Hirsch has these wise words on the topic…
In relation to the purpose of the church I conclude that for many of our critics, Christian community has become little more than a quiet and reflective soul-space (as in Alt Worship circles) or a spiritual buzz (as in Charismatic circles) for people trying to recuperate from an overly busy, consumerist, lifestyle. But is this really what the church is meant to be on about? Is this our grand purpose, to be a sort of refuge for recovering work addicts and experience junkies? A sort of spiritual hospital? I believe that the reason for the strong response in our critics is that they actually did ‘get the message’ about missional church but didn’t like it because, in this case, it called them out of a religion of quiet moments in quiet places and into liminality and engagement.
Just a thought.
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I see church as being not a moment in time as in a worship service but a whole of week worship acts taking in caring for others making our space available to others who need a place to shelter from the pain and suffering from the week and their crazy lives whether this be a physical shelter or an emotional shelter with people who love them. I see church as being so much more.......... the opportunities are limitless when we dont narrow it down to a little slice of the week...
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