http://lutherankantor.com/2008/07/26/hammer-of-god-the-pastoral-attitude/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammer-of-god-the-pastoral-attitude Where Music & Theology Intersect Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://lutherankantor.com/2008/07/26/hammer-of-god-the-pastoral-attitude/#comment-57 Susan R Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:10:50 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=147#comment-57 Thank you for featuring this particular passage. That is the heartbreak, the utter tragedy, in the clamor for change, in practice, content, etc. It's not only the rejection of these things, but the rejection of the untold number of hands through which the truth has passed to us, and the rejection of that very means Christ has deigned for His church. God has always worked through history, and we are blessed with a long history of God's will working as He designed it to work. Yet we only see it not working; not as we'd have it work. How we wish to make it our church, which means it is then our work. How we hate to follow instructions! Thank you for featuring this particular passage.
That is the heartbreak, the utter tragedy, in the clamor for change, in practice, content, etc. It’s not only the rejection of these things, but the rejection of the untold number of hands through which the truth has passed to us, and the rejection of that very means Christ has deigned for His church. God has always worked through history, and we are blessed with a long history of God’s will working as He designed it to work. Yet we only see it not working; not as we’d have it work.
How we wish to make it our church, which means it is then our work.
How we hate to follow instructions!

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