January Staff Seminar

 The entire Staff Seminar was very illuminating for me, but here are a few things that Dr. Scott Sundquist and Herb Kolbe said that I wanted to share, without much further comment or explanation, but please let me know if you'd like to talk more about this stuff!

"The greatest scandal in the church today is our segregation.  Not only are we segregated, but, by and large, we see nothing wrong with that!"~Herb

"Every political party and entity is going to be critiqued by the gospel!  So with big issues, ask what somebody else thinks about them; ask a brother in Christ who does not look like you!"~Scott

"Principalities and Powers are trying to keep the gospel from having the impact it’s supposed to have in the world. They keeping people entrenched, instead of diversifying."~Herb

"Evangelizing is not done until it crosses ethnic barriers."  Read Luke 4:16-30  

~Scott

Read Revelation 7:9-17

"If a many language Heaven is where we’re going, let’s start moving now, because if we’re not, then we’re reinforcing the broken divisive world."  "Many Languages, One Lamb, No Tears" ~Scott

Let's join in the work Jesus is doing.  He invites us in to participate in the reconciliation of his world.  We must be careful not to make an idol of reconciliation in and of itself, but:

"Our responsibility as Christians is to reconcile others through Jesus, who wipes away every tear!"~Scott

Amen!!!