Sin is not just something we do, but a power humanity is under. We can’t educate ourselves out of its grip. We don’t overcome it through progressive achievements, nor by moral consistency. The antidote for sin is found in a power outside of ourselves—the cross of Christ.
Pastors are not CEOs.
Churches are not corporations.
Members of the community are not investors.
We are shepherds.
We are a new family.
We are a community of servants.
In the gospel of Luke, the prodigal son doesn't return home because of a renewed love for his father. He comes back home simply to survive because he ran out of money and is starving. And his father is perfectly fine with that!
Just come home. God just wants you home.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
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