- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Pastoral Exhortations
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Pastoral Exhortations
On Maundy Thursday, Jesus gave his disciples a new command: to love one another as he has loved us. While the command to love had been given in the Old Testament law, Jesus deepens and redefines that law with his own example of love, first in washing the disciples' feet, then in dying on the cross for his people (which is what the foot-washing pointed to).
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Church
One of the great obstacles to genuine Christian community is pride.
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Church
The ancient communion prayer from the Didache:
- Written by: Rich Lusk
- Category: Church
Community is about the convergence of our lives in Christ. It’s about God giving us the gift of each other.
When Sartre said, ‘Hell is other people,’ he had it exactly backwards. C. S. Lewis was much more accurate in The Great Divorce when he pictured hell as people moving further and further apart. It’s been said the best description of modern man is a person watching T.V. (or surfing the web) alone. That’s a rather hellish description by biblical standards. The biblical image of the kingdom is most commonly that of face to face fellowship across a table; it is an image of corporate feasting.