Comments on: Who is Church for? http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/ Dim Reflections On God Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:28:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Tim Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:11:19 +0000 http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/#comment-1539 Geno sent me a comment, which I'm posting with permission: <blockquote>It's like asking which 'great' is greater--the 'Great Commission' or the 'Great Commandment'. It should be a both-and. We are built up to do works of ministry. Being built-up is and insider thing, works of ministry are generally seen as outsider things, but can certainly be for insiders as well. However, if we ever get caught in the loop of only ministering among ourselves we will be disobedient to the letter and the spirit of the commission of Jesus.</blockquote> Geno sent me a comment, which I’m posting with permission:

It’s like asking which ‘great’ is greater–the ‘Great Commission’ or the ‘Great Commandment’. It should be a both-and. We are built up to do works of ministry. Being built-up is and insider thing, works of ministry are generally seen as outsider things, but can certainly be for insiders as well. However, if we ever get caught in the loop of only ministering among ourselves we will be disobedient to the letter and the spirit of the commission of Jesus.

]]> By: Tim http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Tim Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:09:44 +0000 http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/#comment-1525 Yeah... But I'm not sure any of this means that I <i>disagree</i> with either Temple, or Geno's use in Sunday's sermon. I don't like it too much as a stand-alone quote, but context matters. I don't know about Temple's original context, but on Sunday, it wasn't in a sermon saying, "We need to change church so that it's all outreach." It seems like it was intended more as a both/and thing than an either/or thing. Yeah… But I’m not sure any of this means that I disagree with either Temple, or Geno’s use in Sunday’s sermon. I don’t like it too much as a stand-alone quote, but context matters.

I don’t know about Temple’s original context, but on Sunday, it wasn’t in a sermon saying, “We need to change church so that it’s all outreach.” It seems like it was intended more as a both/and thing than an either/or thing.

]]> By: Hannah http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Hannah Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:24:18 +0000 http://www.aglassdimly.com/2009/01/02/who-is-church-for/#comment-1521 Yeah, I thought the same thing Sunday morning. Good post. Yeah, I thought the same thing Sunday morning. Good post.

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