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I don't like the phrase "when necessary." Although our good works are important, they do not convey the content of the gospel. It makes me think of faith without works being dead. The two are inseparable. The words aren't something that can be just thrown in there. They give the actions meaning.
"Wherever you go, preach the gospel; when necessary, use words."
What do you guys think of this, specifically that which is underlined.
"Wherever you go, preach the gospel; when necessary, use words."
What do you guys think of this, specifically that which is underlined.
Words are power, essentially the power of creation. By my words I both discover and create who I am. By my words I elicit a word from you. Through our converse we create each other.
When God said, "Let there be light," there was light where before there was only darkness. When I say I love you, there is love where before there was only ambiguous silence. In a sense I do not love you first and then speak it, but only by speaking it give it reality. -- Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith, p. 413
To quote from a modern (liberal) theologian:
Words are power, essentially the power of creation. By my words I both discover and create who I am. By my words I elicit a word from you. Through our converse we create each other.
When God said, "Let there be light," there was light where before there was only darkness. When I say I love you, there is love where before there was only ambiguous silence. In a sense I do not love you first and then speak it, but only by speaking it give it reality. -- Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith, p. 413
To quote from a modern (liberal) theologian:
Words are power, essentially the power of creation. By my words I both discover and create who I am. By my words I elicit a word from you. Through our converse we create each other.
When God said, "Let there be light," there was light where before there was only darkness. When I say I love you, there is love where before there was only ambiguous silence. In a sense I do not love you first and then speak it, but only by speaking it give it reality. -- Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith, p. 413
Would it then be possible to say that since God's Word creates the reality of our changed actions, by those actions (though not exclusive of language) we preach His Word?
To quote from a modern (liberal) theologian:
Words are power, essentially the power of creation. By my words I both discover and create who I am. By my words I elicit a word from you. Through our converse we create each other.
When God said, "Let there be light," there was light where before there was only darkness. When I say I love you, there is love where before there was only ambiguous silence. In a sense I do not love you first and then speak it, but only by speaking it give it reality. -- Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith, p. 413
Would it then be possible to say that since God's Word creates the reality of our changed actions, by those actions (though not exclusive of language) we preach His Word?
Incidentally Ruben suggests we write a book, What St Francis Really Said. It could be the manifesto of a 'New Perspectives on St Francis' movement.