As I think more about "throwing off our cloaks" to press in toward Jesus (referencing Bartimaeus, Mk 10.46-52), I am reminded of how much we struggle in our "churches" because we have so much built around tradition. I love what I read about in the "emergent" world yet I still cling so strongly to my tradition. On one hand, I pray God would help to free my mind and my spirit. On the other, I pray He would guard my heart from developing a spirit of contempt toward tradition.
I love quoting Francis Schaeffer, "we must say all that the Bible says, and we must not say what it does not say."
I pray that God would help church leaders understand the difference.
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