{"id":879,"date":"2009-05-21T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/?p=879"},"modified":"2009-05-21T04:05:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T04:05:41","slug":"challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/2009\/05\/21\/challenging\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was posted as the quote of the day at the BHT<\/a> a few days ago:<\/p>\n

\u201cI simply argue that the cross should be raised at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the Church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves; on the town\u2019s garbage heap; at a crossroads so cosmopolitan they had to write His title in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek\u2026at the kind of place where cynics talk smut and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble. Because that is where He died, and that is what He died for, and that is what He died about\u2026that is where churchmen ought to be and what churchmen ought to be about.\u201d<\/p>\n

-George Macleod<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alright class, your assignment is to explain what implications this has for the “churchmen” mentioned. Assume this includes pastors, and laymen as some of you are or may become.<\/p>\n

Tough!<\/p>\n

I think Matthew 9:11-13 may have something to do with it:<\/p>\n

And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, \u201cWhy does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d But when he heard it, he said, \u201cThose who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, \u2018I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.\u2019 For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was posted as the quote of the day at the BHT a few days ago: \u201cI simply argue that the cross should be raised at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the Church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two … <\/p>\n

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