Currently Reading: Unity in New Testament Perspective by William Loader
Currently Hearing: Apples are Not the Cause of Sin (a playlist of worship songs composed by my dear friend Jesse Pickott)
"If [the vision of universal unity] is to remain close to Jesus' vision, the vision of unity needs to be taken so seriously that it works itself into present reality in all its aspects. It cannot be truncated to inter-church unity, but must retain its character of being a vision of justice and peace for all peoples and for the whole creation. Inter-church unity only makes sense within this broader context; otherwise it looks all too much like a ghetto strategy for survival."
Oh shoot.
This is from an article I found by someone I have never heard of. This statement blew my mind. What do you think?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
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2 comments:
that is an amazing quote.
what would it look like if we had universal unity? instead of just going to church and having community within the church we went out.
real community is walking among the broken and hurting. "inter-church" unity causes the rest of the world to miss out on the love of Jesus.
love it. love YOU!
Woah... so true. I loves it muchos. It brings us back down to earth to realize that it's not always about starting a unity within ourselves. It is bigger than just us. We have to focus on the bigger picture of creating unity in the world through justice and love, and in turn I believe unity will be created within the church. If only we could convince this corrupt church to recognize that they have to get out to make change.
How broken our system of religion is in a place where we desire to fix what we believe to be a "broken and dying world."
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