The Church Is Like Noah's

That Is Part Of Our Critique Of Some Of The Charity And Service Work Is That We Can Still Keep Relationships At A Distance By Creating Programs That Offer Services But We Don't Really Create A Reconciled Community.

I Do Believe That The Church Is God's Primary Instrument For Ushering In The Kingdom (god's Dream) On Earth As It Is In Heaven, But God Is Not Limited To Use Only The Church, Or Only Christians For That Matter.

For Even If The Whole World Believed In Resurrection, Little Would Change Until We Began To Practice It. We Can Believe In Cpr, But People Will Remain Dead Until Someone Breathes New Life Into Them. And We Can Tell The World That There Is Life After Death, But The World Really Seems To Be Wondering If There Is Life Before Death.

We Have A Relational Problem With Those Who Are Suffering Or Who Are Different From Us. All Of Us Are Most Comfortable Around People Who Are Like Us Culturally And Economically.

There Are Some Christians Who Totally Disengage From Politics And Set Their Minds On Heaven So Much That Their Faith Is So Heavenly Minded That It Is No Earthly Good.