If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.
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When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.
The church is in the hope business.
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.
As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people.
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.
The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking.
One of the challenges of the church is to accept humanity for all it is.
God guides his church, maintains her always, and especially in difficult times. Let us never lose this vision of faith, which is the only true vision of the way of the church and the world.
If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning others.
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.
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