I am presently reading the book, Paul, the Spirit, and the
People of God by Gordon Fee. I like what Fee wrote in his Overture. It ties in with Earl's blog on the x-factor.
"If the church is going to be effective in our postmodern world, we need to stop paying mere lip service to the Spirit and to recapture Paul's perspective: the Spirit as the experienced, empowering return of God's own personal presence in and among us, who enables us to live as a radically eschatological people in the present world while we await the consummation. All the rest, including fruit and gifts (that is, ethical life and charismatic utterances in worship), serve to that end." (p xv)
Wow! Those two sentences say a lot. Have a great weekend. I'm off to Maine Bean for that fresh cup of "Cabin Comfort" on this brutally cold morning,
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