Ray Simpson wrote that "the ground is so hard, and the people so pagan, that perhaps nothing less than a community of love in action will suffice to transplant the Body - the Life - of Christ."
They will know we are Christians by our love. The trouble is this is rarely the case. I know that in my two churches there are terrible feelings of hatred and animosity between people. We even have a lawsuit between two parties! The ground is not only hard outside of the church but inside as well.
This statement is so neat and clean. So easy to say. But how do you create a community of love in action? Especially in a community were people have known one another's families for generations and have handed down prejudices against one another?
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