The church is the church only when it exists for others... The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.
03733 – The Church Exists for Others
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03276 – Serving/Leading
If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you.
03238 – Radical Individualism is a Virus
Individualism does not make us more free, more equal, more fraternal. The mere sum of individual interests is not capable of generating a better world for the whole human family. Radical individualism is a virus that is extremely difficult to eliminate, for it is...
03101 – Nationalism vs. Self-Sacrificial Love
Nationalism keeps telling us Christians to take up our swords and make nations "Christian" by any means necessary. Jesus keeps calling us Christians to take up our crosses and be like him, serving the world through grace, humility, compassion, and self-sacrificial...
02935 – Helping the Grieving
Always take your cues from the griever.By instinct they are leading,In patience you are serving.
02371 – Being Ordained
... being ordained is not about serving God perfectly but about serving God visibly, allowing other people to learn whatever they can from watching you rise and fall.
01354 – Being There for Others
The church is church only when it is there for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell people in every calling what a life with Christ is, what it means "to be there for others." from Letters and Papers from Prison
01313 – Remember Your Baptism
Luther said, "Remember your baptism." How can people do that? In Luther's church, most of the baptisms were of infants. They were brought by their mothers and fathers and they were baptized. So how could they remember their baptisms? Luther knew that when they became...
01201 – The Reign of God is Like a Seed
Whether on the stage of world history or in the individual human heart, the reign or rule of God is like seed growing of itself: pregnant, mysterious, fruitful. As a man scattering seed on the ground, we work at preaching and teaching, at supporting each other, at...