oh my word...... worth a read. ..... some Sunday meditation that slapped me silly....... "As we noted earlier, a Christian’s right thinking is the new standard for determining what he or she is or is not worth in the sight of God and everyone else.
Above the din the Father cries out, “You go to church every Sunday and read your Bible, but the body of my Son is broken! You memorize chapter and verse and honor all your traditions, but the body of my Son is broken! You recite the creed and defend orthodoxy, but the body of my Son is broken! You hark back to tradition and press forward toward renewal, but the body of my Son is broken!” At this point in church history I believe it is imperative to remember that the Christ of John’s Gospel asked Peter (who had denied him three times) only one question: “Do you love me?” The criterion by which Christ measures his friends and repudiators is still “Do you love me?” What is the good of Bible study, reform, and renewal if we forget this, even if we hold to everything else? How can anyone muster the incredible hardheartedness and the intemperate messianic zeal to inflate style and tradition, orthodoxy, biblical interpretation, and right thinking into such monsters that Jesus’ question to Peter and us is put on the shelf?....
To our contemporary church, which treats chief administrative officiais and charismatic superstars with excessive deference, the Gospel of John sends this prophetic word: The love of Jesus Christ alone gives status in the Christian community."
(Brennan Manning. The Signature Of Jesus)
" (Brennan Manning. The Signature Of Jesus)
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