Ministry of the Church (230)
  1. Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ is and stays Jesus' Church whether we decide it is or not.
  3. Jesus is the end of religion.
  4. Only Jesus’ absolute absolution can satisfy a troubled conscience.
  5. “Church is set free in Christ, in short, to revel in her irrelevance to the ways of the world’s power and wisdom.
  6. That is why the church has to offer Super Bread and Super Wine, so that God can see that we are Super Christians.
  7. No matter how great our efforts or how righteous our intent, we will go from troubled to scared, and scared to terrified, unless we are sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb.
  8. The pastor declares it. We receive it. The forgiveness of sins. It’s a simple thing.
  9. While I was still an over-eager seminarian the professor warned me, “Mr. Riley, this is exciting stuff.
  10. Blessedness comes to us camouflaged as simple earthly words, water, bread and wine.
  11. I’m going to begin at the beginning. But which one? Birth? Kindergarten? My first drink? The first time I had sex?
  12. But where love is necessary we pray for our enemies and bless them in the hope that God will repent and convert them to the Gospel.
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