Incarnation and church
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
It is highly likely that I sub-conciously stole this from Mark, but anyway…
While putting together my last post, I got to thinking about how the idea of incarnation fits with church. It seems that one disagreement within the church is whether the we should get back to our roots — the first century ideal — or whether we should fit with contemporary culture — be ‘relevant’. Perhaps we can re-express these as a focus on the ‘timeless and trancendent’ verses the ‘historical and particular’. Perhaps incarnation implies that we have to find a way to be both: to be the alternative community of the kingdom, while loving those around us enough to enter their world.
To quote from Leonard Sweet in ‘Quantum Spirituality’
We must live the historical moment we are in without letting that moment explain us.
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One Response to “Incarnation and church”
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Mark Says:
May 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
beautifully put!! I am sure i must have said it at some point … ;o)
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