“Only that fellowship which faces such disillusionment, with all its unhappy and ugly aspects, begins to be what it should be in God’s sight, begins to grasp in faith the promise that is given to it. The sooner this shock of disillusionment comes to an individual and to a community the better for both. A community which cannot bear and cannot survive such a crisis, which insists upon keeping its illusion when it should be shattered, permanently loses in that moment the promise of Christian community.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
I see the truth of this over and over as a leader in our church. We must fight against it.
(HT: Doug Wolter)
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