As I thought through the five tension points, the one that garnered the most emotion from me was #4 - the tension that comes from seeing the structure of the church falling, and realizing that everything the church stood for might go down too. When I first read this, I thought he was being a little extremist, but I kept reading. The top paragraph on page 19 is me! I am what Halter would call a "Galilee Christian" and in many ways this is messing with everything I've grown up with, while in other ways it's bringing clarity like never before.
Pete, your comment yesterday was dead on. I very much believe that we ought to be more about knowing Jesus than knowing about him. Sometimes I read a book and think, "Wow, our hearts connected," meaning that what I am passionate about, I found expression in the writings of so-and-so author. I want that to be true of me and Jesus also. I want my "heart" to connect to his.
I really do believe that if we start with the life of Jesus and let that impact how we live, then our expression of how we do church will not only make more sense to us, but will actually be impacting our communities. The ground underneath my ecclesial feet is shaking and it can be nerve racking, but isn't that how the disciples lived with Jesus for 3 years?
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