No one can do this homework for you. Every generation has to be converted anew and the Gospel has to ever be preached in new contexts and cultures in ways that are good news to that time and people. Yes, institutions and denominations are necessary and somehow inevitable, but when they imagine that they can prepackage the message in eternal formulas and half-believed (half-experienced?) doctrines and Scriptures, they often become their own worst enemy. Too many people join a club instead of going on any journey toward God, love or truth.
adapted from The Four Gospels by Richard Rohr
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