I would recommend that those who are interested in Christian hospitality (and yes, outreach) read this book. It is challenging and convicting, and having read it, I want to do more in this area.
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I would recommend that those who are interested in Christian hospitality (and yes, outreach) read this book. It is challenging and convicting, and having read it, I want to do more in this area.
The solution to our hyper-individualism is a commanded community — the church. The greatest community in all of history is found in the Scripture — the church.
There are confessions. There are aired disagreements. Finally, there are direct calls to future dialogue and real life interaction.
Listening to different stories and perspectives helps us check our own thoughts for hidden paradigms and presuppositions. It allows us to find the roots of our differences and acknowledge that ideas are not what define people.
While we must always affirm God's position and the Biblical worldview, this does not negate the importance of human experience. Instead, we learn that human experience is important so long as it is not utilized to contradict Scripture.