For the next few weeks we are going to connect our study of the kind of "culture" the Gospel should produce with the events associated with our upcoming celebration of Easter.
You can prepare by reading Jn 13:1-17. Just two questions for you to ponder.
1. Would you call what is going on in Jn 13 to be more of the "theory" of ministry or the "practice" of ministry?
2. How does your above answer impact our study of such very theoretical passages as Eph 5:23-33? (I am not in any way implying that "theory" is bad--instead, I am wanting us to think about what it means every time Christ is brought up as an example of something--after reading the narrative of Jn 13. In other words, does the life He lived add to or detract from holding Him up as an example? Can the same be said of each of us?)
See you on Wednesday.
