Resurgence is running part one of an article on simple church. What I try to do with this piece is to explore what kind of simplicity is called for in the missional church. There is simplicity that is naive and simplicity that is profound. The church should be about the latter not the former.
Read the article here.
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March 24, 2009 at 12:00 pm
John Lunt
There is another kind of simplicity that is even more profound.
It’s what the Apostles did: You can be lead in the Spirit by hearing him and obeying. I can try to figure out everything from a theological perspective all day – and not get down to doing what the Lord has called me to do.
Jesus has told us that his sheep hear his voice. We need to learn to follow his voice.
March 24, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Jonathan Dodson
Thanks for your emphasis on following the Spirit, John! I agree.
But didn’t the Apostles theologize carefully? Consider their use of Old testament texts in their writings, the way they interacted with Greek household codes, the hymn to Zeus, “secular” wisdom literature, wrote poems that structurally emphasized the lordship of Christ and the centrality of the church, and so on.
Even Jesus carefully used metaphors, like sheep, of his day to communicate truth.
To be sure, the apostles relied on the Spirit, but they did so by also relying on their God-given minds to bridge the gap between the “church” and the “world”.