After a week of being out of the blogosphere, I am finally back. As is always the case when you go out of town,....you pay the price coming back playing catch up. BUT, the retreat I went to last week was well, well worth the price.
What really blew me away was that in almost 30 years of being a Christian, 25 as a pastor, I had never really heard of this ministry or 'flow' that they are a part of. They are spirit filled Anglican, but people and leaders from every kind of denomination, or not (me) were there.
As I described Sunday, the best way to describe it is that the truth
of Christ is like a multi-faceted diamond. There are all these facets of the face of Christ, the Body of Christ, that many times look incredibly different, but are ONE 'diamond', Christ.
The sad thing is that those on one side of the diamond often, because they are so far apart, reject those on the opposite side as being 'heretics', not Christians. So you have Pentecostals opposite Catholics or Anglicans, Evangelical vs Liturgical, etc..
IF THEY LOVE JESUS AND HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE ONE...THOUGH WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
I may describe some of the retreat later, but it was wonderful. I had a Catholic priest give me a word of knowledge that blew me away (from Dublin......funny, funny guy!) and then we spent a few hours over coffee asking each other questions.
Patrick Heartnet was his name. He was funny, sharp, smoked like a chimney, but really loved the Lord and was filled with the Spirit. We prayed for each other and I dont know if we will ever see each other this side of eternity, but I know that he gave me great hope for the future of the multi-faceted Body of Christ!
Got to go...grace in the deepest way...
pb
Shine on!
Posted by: Jeff Scott | February 09, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Bobby, it is so refreshing to "discover" that Christ is multi-faceted. Growing up in a strict christian home, the impressions are that "we are the right ones". I realize that with out the search of Biblical doctrines we cannot defend our beliefs, but it also tends toward sectarianism. My great desire in relationship to the body of Christ is that we learn to major on the non-negotiable. You know, things that really matter in our relationship to Jesus and living the KIngdom life. If we could develop these then it may become easier to see how well we are related to other members of the branches of Christ. Doctrine does not have to be divisive, as it is so often used today. Some issues are not matters worthy of a fight or division. This is also why christian should have a good understanding of church history, and not just ancient church history, what did we believe just 50-100 yrs ago?
cheers
Posted by: curt poole | January 23, 2011 at 07:41 AM
love you brother
Posted by: jim lafleur | January 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Awesome
Posted by: Richard Moore | January 18, 2011 at 09:18 PM
Love you NaBob...that was good!
Posted by: randy wojciechowski | January 18, 2011 at 07:30 PM