'To what kind of Christian, to what kind of Church, does the future belong?’via facing the challenge
‘Not a Church that’s lazy, not a Church that’s shallow, not a Church that’s timid and weak in its faith, not a Church that expects blind obedience, not a Church that’s fanatical in its loyalty to one question or another, not a Church that’s a slave to its own history, always putting the brakes on, suspiciously defensive and critical of others, not a Church that’s quarrelsome, not a Church that’s impatient, not a Church that’s unfair in dialogue, not a Church that’s closed-minded. In short, the future does not belong to a Church that’s dishonest. But the future belongs to a Church that knows what it does not know, to a Church that relies upon God’s grace and wisdom and has, in its weakness and in its ignorance, a radical confidence in God, to a Church that’s strong in its faith, joyous and yet certain that it can be self-critical and survive, to a Church that has the courage of initiative, to a Church that has the courage to take risks, to a Church that’s completely open to the world in which it lives. The future belongs to a Church that is completely committed to Jesus Christ.’theologian Hans Kung
Sunday, February 08, 2009
What kind of church?
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3 comments:
sign me up butter cup - Hans seems to have my vote. . . or membership... well let's stick with applause.
you do realize you are going down the heritical path of agreeing with a Catholic - admittedly one who was stripped of his teaching office (several years ago - by the current pope)
I have been down worst trails. . . I think Jesus has some of His own in every tribe. I will even go get my own firewood for Hans and myself.
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