A deeper look into the world of Scripture… I picked up Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes after seeing it a few times on my Amazon “recommended list” as I troll about for some new books to read. This one struck me as being eminently practical for those of us who teach Bible studies. For years I’ve …
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“The day of the Lord’s Supper is an occasion of joy for the Christian community. Reconciled in their hearts with God and the brethren, the congregation receives the gift of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and, receiving that, it receives forgiveness, new life, and salvation. It is given new fellowship with God and …
As I traveled to the Western Jurisdiction Conference of the UMC yesterday, I was re-reading once again Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic work, The Cost of Discipleship. One of the most powerful quotes from the book leaps to mind today as the conference begins: Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today …