My sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the comments / conversation to this earlier post: Confused by the Critics. Many of you expressed great encouragement to me and to the church I serve, Granger Community. Several of you didn't agree with my post or the approach to preaching taken in our weekend services. You disagreed with respect. Again, thanks to everyone who entered the conversation.
Now, it's time to move on.
- At Granger, we have clarity on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- We have clarity on our mission.
- We are responsible to the calling and vision we believe is ours as we continue to learn and follow King Jesus.
- We will continue to preach the Law and the Prophets as Jesus summarized them in the "great commandment" - "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Matthew 22.37-40)
- We will continue to rally around the "great commission" - "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28.18-20)
I cannot - we will not - be distracted by detractors or self-appointed discerners. We must move on.
The purpose of this blog site is not to present a forum for religious debate. The comments for the previous post as well as this one are now closed.
People need Jesus. People need to know they matter to Him. That's where I'm spending my time.
