Posted by
Ron on Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:06:32 PM
Thought provoking:
Common wisdom
says that inwardly focused churches need to focus on outreach in order
to change. Dallas Willard challenges this wisdom in Renovation of the Heart:
It
is, I gently suggest, a serious error to make "outreach" a primary goal
of the local congregation, and especially so when those who are already
"with us" have not become clear-headed and devoted apprentices of
Jesus, and are not, for the most part, solidly progressing along the
path. Outreach is one essential task of Christ's people, and among them
there will always be those especially gifted for evangelism. But the
most successful work of outreach would be the work of inreach that
turns people, wherever they are, into lights in the darkened world. Read More.
HT: Smart Christian