tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post8911826696676010875..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: A Big Luther QuoteRev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-67916685499131202502011-05-25T19:33:34.983-05:002011-05-25T19:33:34.983-05:00Imagine going to an emergency room, but no one is ...Imagine going to an emergency room, but no one is there to treat you because the doctors are all out feeding the poor... a good thing, but not the thing for which one goes to an emergency room.<br /><br />Imagine going to a financial aid office, but all the people who are there are focused on fixing your marriage... a good thing, but not the thing for which one goes to seek financial aid.<br /><br />.....imagine going to a church, but no one declares the Gospel to you because they are focused on other good things for which the church has not been called.<br /><br />The church has to prioritize. With Biblical illiteracy what it is and a catastrophic misunderstanding of what the gospel is, how can we focus on anything else? ...even if those other things are, in and of themselves, good and proper?Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.com