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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Church is...

the tangible experience of God's love for us, through the Spirit led love of the siblings of his Son

4 comments:

byron smith said...: Nice. Very nice.

Is it the only tangible experience of God's love?; December 10, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Mike Bull said...: Including His shepherd-discipline, if She has her wits about Her.; December 10, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Mike W said...: Byron- good point, I probably should have said 'a'.; December 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Mike W said...: This comes from musing on 1 John 4.

"No one has ever seen God- but if we love one another his love is made complete in us"; December 10, 2008 at 1:53 PM

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