There's nothing more relevant than what jesus has to say. When we get back to the preaching of christ's law and gospel, that will tell us what is relevant. So when he says to peter, on this rock, i will build my church, and i will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. There is nothing more important or relevant to our lives than those keys,. Those keys which bind our sins to us, and then they loose our sins from us. In the proclamation of the forgiveness of sins. The church's job is to listen to christ and to let him build us up. And that then becomes what is truly relevant in what we need to hear
Sometimes the church hinders our experience of the good life by packing our schedules, heaping on burdens, or trying to be cool and relevant. But the church can also help us cultivate the good life by pointing us to a kingdom that we receive—not build. In this episode of White Horse Inn, Eric Landry, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller celebrate the ordinary ministry of Word and Sacrament that leads to rest and flourishing, and they unpack how the gifts of justification and union with Christ contribute to our experience of the good life now.
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