Jeremiah 31:27-34 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 What a great day it is to be alive in the kin(g)dom of God! Today we baptized a child and celebrated God’s calling upon 10 adults – and their children with them – to be counted in the family and household of God. Today is one of those beautiful days when all my fears and anxieties about the church as a limited human project are proven wrong! Now, if that sounds a little odd to have the Pastor say that he worries about the church as a limited enterprise, welcome to Reformed Protestant theology, where we are pretty certain that the church is more of a hospital for forgiven sinners than it is a hotel for saints. By that I mean that we are keenly aware of our sinful nature, our need for forgiveness, and the fact that all we say and do is in response to the grace and mercy of God! That does not mean that we are inherently bad people. It just means that we are more wired for self-preservation than we sometimes realize, and without...
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