tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1426810102778362111..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Primacy of Relevance. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58958960219398505502014-08-28T13:32:19.954-05:002014-08-28T13:32:19.954-05:00I'm sorry to say it this way, but what the hec...I'm sorry to say it this way, but what the heck does "relevant" even mean?! <br /><br />"Relevant: bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent . . . Example: Then use your own filter to edit out what's either relevant to you or not relevant to you."<br /><br />Too many people place too much stock in their "own" personal "interpretation" rather than learning more deeply about the historic Christian faith. This "relevancy" is nothing but "pop" Christianity. And, most likely will have a short shelf life. Only the classics bear the test of time and win out in the end.<br /><br />If I hear that word in church or a Bible study, it makes my hair bristle. Please.<br /><br />Is not this what we are here for? I am not interested in hearing any "moralistic, therapeutic, deism."<br /><br />"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit." Ephesians 2<br /><br />Abby<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com