He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, not withstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship in service, may still be left to their loneliness. The final breakthrough to fellowship does not occur because, though they have fellowship with one another as believers and as devout [...]
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Posted in Autonomy, Christian Life, Church, Community, Sin on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brennan Manning
Posted in Belief, Sin on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss. (Brennan Manning, the Ragamuffin Gospel. p. 136).