The fishermen were surrounded by streams and lakes full of hungry fish. They met regularly to discuss the call to fish, the abundance of fish, and the thrill of catching fish. They Got excited about fishing! Someone suggested that they needed a philosophy of fishing, so they carefully defined and redefined fishing, and the purpose [...]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor who was executed by the Nazi government in April of 1945. Shortly before his death he wrote in The Cost of Discipleship, The relation of the individual believer to the new man. The new man is like a garment made to cover the individual believer. He must clothe himself [...]
Since the ascension, Christ’s place on earth has been taken by His body, the Church. The Church is the real presence of Christ. Once we have realized this truth we are well on the way to recovering an aspect of the church’s being which has been sadly neglected in the past. We should think of [...]
