Grandmother said in September 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Fr. Steve, I saw SF, thank you ALL for giving me some hope back. I’ve been so disappointed today with that absolutely awful statement.
You, and your congregation and leaders give me hope.
Bless you all, may the Good Lord watch over you during this time.
Grandmother in SC
Tom said in September 8th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
He repairs, He repairs,
oh the glory of it all…..
What a beautiful song and how appropriate for me both individually and as I stand with my beloved St Andrews family.
J.N. Woodson said in September 8th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Pastor Steve, thanks for the letter today and thanks for this post. I’ll follow you anywhere
Danny said in September 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
We got the letter today and were very encouraged and challenged. Then I read this on “Between Two Worlds blog site and thought of the situation:
From the last page of J.I. Packer’s 1973 classic, Knowing God:
We have been brought to the point where we both can and must get our life’s priorities straight. From current Christian publications you might think that the most vital issue for any real or would-be Christian in the world today is church union, or social witness, or dialogue with other Christians and other faiths, or refuting this or that -ism, or developing a Christian philosophy and culture, or what have you. But our line of study makes the present day concentration on these things look like a gigantic conspiracy of misdirection. Of course, it is not that; the issues themselves are real and must be dealt with in their place. But it is tragic that, in paying attention to them, so many in our day seem to have been distracted from what was, and is, and always will be, the true priority for every human being. That is, learning to know God in Christ.
Fred Sanders writes: “Thirty-six years later, I don’t think this complaint about ‘current Christian publications’ needs any updating; neither, of course, does the solution.”
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Fr. Steve, I saw SF, thank you ALL for giving me some hope back. I’ve been so disappointed today with that absolutely awful statement.
You, and your congregation and leaders give me hope.
Bless you all, may the Good Lord watch over you during this time.
Grandmother in SC
He repairs, He repairs,
oh the glory of it all…..
What a beautiful song and how appropriate for me both individually and as I stand with my beloved St Andrews family.
Pastor Steve, thanks for the letter today and thanks for this post. I’ll follow you anywhere
We got the letter today and were very encouraged and challenged. Then I read this on “Between Two Worlds blog site and thought of the situation:
From the last page of J.I. Packer’s 1973 classic, Knowing God:
We have been brought to the point where we both can and must get our life’s priorities straight. From current Christian publications you might think that the most vital issue for any real or would-be Christian in the world today is church union, or social witness, or dialogue with other Christians and other faiths, or refuting this or that -ism, or developing a Christian philosophy and culture, or what have you. But our line of study makes the present day concentration on these things look like a gigantic conspiracy of misdirection. Of course, it is not that; the issues themselves are real and must be dealt with in their place. But it is tragic that, in paying attention to them, so many in our day seem to have been distracted from what was, and is, and always will be, the true priority for every human being. That is, learning to know God in Christ.
Fred Sanders writes: “Thirty-six years later, I don’t think this complaint about ‘current Christian publications’ needs any updating; neither, of course, does the solution.”