I have been studying Isaiah 58 all week. Wow, God was not too happy with Israel in that chapter. They had a form of religion based on a form of God, but it lacked depth and reality. They had created a comfortable religion and God that allowed them to stay self-focused. They knew little of their need for restoration and were oblivious to the needs of others.
God is doing a new/old thing in the church today. According to my friend Eric Swanson, the last 150 years the church has preached Ephesians 2:8-9 that we are saved by grace. We have not preached Ephesians 2:10, that we are made for good works that God has especially prepared for each person and each church.
God is inviting Restoration to not only restore people and our city spiritually, emotionally, physically, relationally, but to also restore the church to the fullness of the gospel of God's Kingdom. How fun is that?
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Just picked up Eric Swanson's book "To Transform a City." It is quite provocative. I like it.
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