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My Practical Theology of the Church
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My Practical Theology of the Church PROLOGUE1 THE GOSPEL AND COMMUNITY: THOUGHTS FROM BUECHNER †Love God; love others.† The gospel - the good news - is that human beings are simultaneously dignified and depraved creatures, redeemed by Jesus out of the depths of our depravity and called by him to play out our dignity, both in relationship with Him, our Creator, as well as our fellow creatures. We are called to that relationship by the words of Jesus Christ. He lays out for us what it means to live out our dignity in Matthew 22: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."2 The greatest commandment - love God; love...
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