Between classes at Fuller, some time in Mexico with the Spokane group, and Krista's thesis I've had some things to think about. It seems that many people in the Christian faith are looking to make the faith nice. I don't mean just kind, I mean orderly and, well, without failure. In other words, people want things to be clean.
Well, I just don't think the church can be clean when it's doing things right. After all, where there are sinners, there is often a mess.
More importantly, the creation of a clean church does not seem to be a goal of Christ. The inference of the parable of the two sons, the story of thomas, and of the boy with the evil spirit (Mk 9) all seem to suggest Jesus would rather have honest people reaching for him than "clean" people who don't think they need him.
So, we should expect the church to be a mess. If we're doing things right, it should be hard work. We should have to remind ourselves of why we do it, of the cross.
I'll make a point later ...
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Thank you.
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