Jesus draws people to himself, and he constitutes them as a community, then he sends them out. The effect of this spiraling is that we experience the love of god and worship. Those who are nurtured are sent those who are sent bring back more worshippers. That's what the good life looks like. And evangelism is the joy. Like many of us have been the recipients of faithful evangelism. My wife, my parents both came to faith because some one was faithfully evangelizing. They feed into one another - not picking in or choosing between two approaches. Shall we be a nurturing, warm welcoming community? Or should we invite use our own dwelling for his own dwelling? We
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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