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[3877.24 --> 3878.24] What I think is a very |
[3878.24 --> 3879.06] Challenging quote |
[3879.06 --> 3880.04] From Leslie Newbegin |
[3880.04 --> 3881.48] About the early church |
[3881.48 --> 3882.72] And how it understood itself |
[3882.72 --> 3884.20] As a religion |
[3884.20 --> 3886.02] The early church |
[3886.02 --> 3887.00] Did not see itself |
[3887.00 --> 3887.68] As a private |
[3887.68 --> 3888.78] Religious society |
[3888.78 --> 3890.24] Competing with others |
[3890.24 --> 3891.72] To offer personal salvation |
[3891.72 --> 3892.46] To its members |
[3892.46 --> 3894.06] It saw itself |
[3894.06 --> 3894.60] As a movement |
[3894.60 --> 3895.48] Launched |
[3895.48 --> 3896.96] Into the public life |
[3896.96 --> 3897.64] Of the world |
[3897.64 --> 3899.44] Challenging the rule |
[3899.44 --> 3899.98] Of Caesar |
[3899.98 --> 3901.38] No small task |
[3901.38 --> 3902.74] Claiming the allegiance |
[3902.74 --> 3904.12] Of all without exception |
[3904.12 --> 3905.26] As a community |
[3905.26 --> 3906.20] They rejected |
[3906.20 --> 3907.36] The idolatrous claims |
[3907.36 --> 3908.02] Of their culture |
[3908.02 --> 3910.04] And lived their whole lives |
[3910.04 --> 3911.06] Under the authority |
[3911.06 --> 3912.52] Of another lord |
[3912.52 --> 3913.72] Do we see ourselves |
[3913.72 --> 3915.34] As that |
[3915.34 --> 3918.04] Or do we see ourselves |
[3918.04 --> 3918.74] As a private |
[3918.74 --> 3920.38] Religious community |
[3920.38 --> 3921.92] Now I remember |
[3921.92 --> 3923.36] Eight years ago or so |
[3923.36 --> 3924.20] This church building |
[3924.20 --> 3924.64] Was built |
[3924.64 --> 3925.60] Some of you were there |
[3925.60 --> 3926.82] You may remember this |
[3926.82 --> 3928.12] And the Cloverdale reporter |
[3928.12 --> 3929.52] Actually ran an article |
[3929.52 --> 3930.72] About our church |
[3930.72 --> 3931.34] And it was published |
[3931.34 --> 3931.88] In the newspaper |
[3931.88 --> 3932.96] I still have it in my office |
[3932.96 --> 3934.68] And they ran a kind article |
[3934.68 --> 3935.68] I mean they quoted |
[3935.68 --> 3936.28] Pastor Sid |
[3936.28 --> 3937.34] He said some kind things |
[3937.34 --> 3938.26] He had no idea |
[3938.26 --> 3939.04] What he was talking about |
[3939.04 --> 3939.96] What our church would be like |
[3939.96 --> 3940.74] But he knew |
[3940.74 --> 3941.96] To say that our church |
[3941.96 --> 3942.42] Was built |
[3942.42 --> 3943.86] With community needs in mind |
[3943.86 --> 3944.86] And I remember |
[3944.86 --> 3945.98] First reading that article |
[3945.98 --> 3948.10] On the online version |
[3948.10 --> 3949.86] And there was one comment |
[3949.86 --> 3951.16] Posted on the bottom of it |
[3951.16 --> 3951.70] And you want to know |
[3951.70 --> 3952.12] What it read |
[3952.12 --> 3953.72] This is what it read |
[3953.72 --> 3954.94] I remember by memory |
[3954.94 --> 3956.70] Dripping with sarcasm |
[3956.70 --> 3957.62] This is what someone said |
[3957.62 --> 3958.08] They said |
[3958.08 --> 3958.92] Great |
[3958.92 --> 3960.96] Just what the world |
[3960.96 --> 3962.08] Doesn't need |
[3962.08 --> 3964.00] Another private |
[3964.00 --> 3965.36] Religious clubhouse |
[3965.36 --> 3966.32] For believers |
[3966.32 --> 3969.72] And I remember being |
[3969.72 --> 3970.44] A bit frustrated |
[3970.44 --> 3970.96] And discouraged |
[3970.96 --> 3971.62] By that comment |
[3971.62 --> 3972.52] But I thought to myself |
[3972.52 --> 3973.80] I bet you this person |
[3973.80 --> 3974.74] Grew up in church |
[3974.74 --> 3976.42] I bet you they left |
[3976.42 --> 3976.82] The church |
[3976.82 --> 3977.20] Because they were |
[3977.20 --> 3978.28] So disenfranchised |
[3978.28 --> 3979.56] By how much of a little |
[3979.56 --> 3980.54] Religious club |
[3980.54 --> 3981.48] It felt like |
[3981.48 --> 3982.74] And I will say to you |
[3982.74 --> 3983.84] That God has used |
[3983.84 --> 3984.78] That criticism |
[3984.78 --> 3986.76] To spark my imagination |
[3986.76 --> 3987.94] As we think about ministry |
[3987.94 --> 3989.36] And serving our community |
[3989.36 --> 3991.32] How we can be a church |
[3991.32 --> 3992.80] That bears witness |
[3992.80 --> 3993.68] To the love of Jesus |
[3993.68 --> 3995.80] And shows in our deeds |
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