What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Fearless Faith

When love speaks

We love structure even when it means restricting one’s own views. Structure prescribes rules and defines arenas for the games that we play — mental, political, relational, spiritual — in forms that are acceptable to the governing culture of the moment. When things are going well, we laud the architects of such structure, praising them for their prudence and foresight. When things sway in opposite less desirable directions, structure remains visible, though it is often used as scapegoat material.

At denominational levels, we live and die by structure, using it, embracing it and subverting it to...

 

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