Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Reconciliation

The Gospel is found in @ Corinthians 5: 18. The same is the verse that my home church uses as its missional statement. But what does it mean for us to be reconciled? Reconciled with whom? Are we living the scriptural context or a diferent context? Are we living the mission stetment or a different meaning of the statment?

When I was asked to give a talk about the mission statement and the scripture, I was surprised at the difference of what I was taught early on. It was different from what the scripture was saing? Why? Here's why...