All of this is a welcome reminder that the Church is at its most impressive when it is least concerned with defending itself, and most concerned with preaching the gospel. Only those who care for gospel values more than they care for the Church will truly and surely defend the institution they love. There is a moral here for those of us in the C of E who are obsessed with defending our little patch of the Church. Let us live out the gospel, and let whatever happens to the Church happen.
There's something oddly courageous about that statement.
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Date: 2008-11-08 01:51 pm (UTC)There's something oddly courageous about that statement.