Food For Thought

“The church first serves the world by helping the world to know what it means to be the world.For without a ‘contrast model’ the world has no way to know or feel the oddness of its dependence on power for survival.It is not the community’s job to convince others of Christianity’s truth by means of rational arguments. Instead,”witness and arguments are the work of the Holy Spirit.” If the church is to be a faithful witness to God’s story, it must be immersed in this narrative” -Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics (156)