You are the message
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All art involves an intimate union between form and content.
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In Christianity, the content — the gospel of salvation through Christ — is mediated through the form of the church. The perennial temptation for Christians is to believe that the message can be detached from the community of believers in that message. But the content of faith is precisely that we are members of one body, that Christ is made manifest in our coming together in faith.Gregory Wolfe in Intruding upon the Timeless
Are we surprised then, that Paul discusses the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles so much in his letters? The content of his message was reconciliation, so the form must not be one that denies that message.
We’ve already commented on the importance of performing what we believe. This gives useful alternative perspective on the same issue: If the ‘medium is the message’ and the church is the medium, we better keep a close eye on the message being communicated…
Tags: church, praxis, provocations
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