The Gospel and the Community
March 5, 2008 — brianmclAs I stated in an earlier post, I’m working through Scot McKnight’s Embracing Grace with my Sr. Highers. Today I came across a quote that I won’t comment upon, but should be savored by everyone:
“The Church is not a collection of random individuals who happen each to believe in Jesus Christ, who happen to be working out “their own salvation,” who happen to be living in proximity to one another, who happen to enjoy the same preachers and musicians and liturgy, and who happen to affirm the same doctrinal convictions. The Church is a community of faith wherein humans are “re-communioned” to one another” (p. 73).
March 5, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Okay, you got me. I’m going to order the book.
March 6, 2008 at 12:29 am
That is so interesting. I have read McKnight’s book, and I reread parts of it over Christmas break. I think that McKnight has very many GREAT points to make about church. He has written a number of other good books and keeps a great blog and Jesus Creed.
The community of the church is so interesting and so important, and so often ignored in church.