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July 26, 2007

Quick Reminder

Filed under: Sacraments, Theology — Derek the Ænglican @ 6:39 am

“When Jesus bids a man to come, he bids him to come and die…”
-Deitrich Bonhoeffer, martyr

More later…

8 Comments »

  1. How about that for a Seeker service? “New life? Feel-good spirituality? Perhaps later. But first, let’s talk about death . . .”

    Yeah, that’ll pack ‘em in.

    Comment by Chris Duckworth — July 26, 2007 @ 8:27 am

  2. Or how about this: “Let me tell you about a belief worth dying for…” ;-)

    Comment by Derek the Ænglican — July 26, 2007 @ 8:31 am

  3. Or how about: “Dude, I’m gonna tell you something that’ll just kill you! No, seriously, man…”

    Comment by Derek the Ænglican — July 26, 2007 @ 9:00 am

  4. It is only when we take up that call to die that we are free, or so William Stringfellow would have it.

    Here is an interesting article from the left-evangelical wing. One might ask if CWOB undermines Christian witness and our willingness to live into the rather strong Baptismal vows?

    Comment by *Christopher — July 26, 2007 @ 10:01 am

  5. there’s a reason I’m a christian.

    Comment by Anastasia — July 26, 2007 @ 12:10 pm

  6. Again I quote our Dame Julian:

    “The soul can do nothing except seek, suffer, and trust.”

    The call “Follow me” carries no other guarantees — especially none that promise it will all be fun-and-games.

    Comment by John-Julian, OJN — July 26, 2007 @ 2:02 pm

  7. Man, what a downer! What happened to “God wants you to be rich”?

    Comment by Lee — July 26, 2007 @ 2:34 pm

  8. Lee- that is the greatest profile pic ever!

    I love this quote and use it frequently when talking about discipleship at the church. The words are so much more profound knowing that Blessed Dietrich did follow Christ to the grave.

    Comment by lutherpunk — July 26, 2007 @ 3:40 pm

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