Hello All,
"When we hear the very best news that we’ve all been hoping for—when our wildest hopes of God are confirmed—something odd happens. Instead of bringing relief and deliverance from old assumptions that made us afraid of God, a wall of resistance arises from certain quarters of American Christendom. Why? The possibility that God is that good—as kind and loving and gracious as Jesus—may create panic because that God is unfamiliar to us. Through their own fears or stiff resistance from their peers or leaders, the very folks asking for hope may retreat back to the oppressive god they’ve known for many years. Perhaps they imagine their old certitude gives them a measure of control. When you ‘know’ something, questions become bad. Those who question doctrinal certitudes are considered dangerous." - Brian Zahnd
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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