“To expect God to pump prefabricated plastic moral people out of a religious factory is to neuter grace and chain it inside a gated community […] http://www.faithit.com/f-bombs-and-bikinis-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-christian/
This Sunday, I’m preaching on Matthew 25 as we begin a five-week series on the “Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations” by Robert Schnase, and the first chapter is “Radical Hospitality.” After reading the chapter, I can see that our church does well at this, for the most part. Our Vacation Bible School day met his highest standard for a welcoming, hospitable VBS that reached neighborhood children, not just our own. One thing we might be less practiced at – or at least one thing I’m less practiced at – is knowing what we have and why we want to offer…
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