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“As the twentieth-century theologian Emil Brunner put it, “The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church. . . .”24”
― Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission (The Gospel and Our Culture Series
― Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission (The Gospel and Our Culture Series
“If what you know no longer matters, the ministry cannot help but be another “helping profession” whose task is to attract people to church because of the appealing personality of the minister and the friendliness of the congregation.”
― The Work of Theology
― The Work of Theology
“I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it as difficult as possible for me to find him, but, instead, as the one who is looking for me while I am doing the hiding.”
― The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
― The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
“The ordained minister, the one set aside and consecrated, is to illuminate the vocation of
the Church and the vocations of the many people who are the Church. That means that ordination is not exclusionary but exemplary."28”
― Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry
the Church and the vocations of the many people who are the Church. That means that ordination is not exclusionary but exemplary."28”
― Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry
“I used to be very fond of thinking up and buying presents, but now that we have nothing to give, the gift God gave us in the birth of Christ will seem all the more glorious; the emptier our hands, the better we understand what Luther meant by his dying words: “We’re beggars; it’s true.” The poorer our quarters, the more clearly we perceive that our hearts should be Christ’s home on earth. (Letter to fiancée Maria von Wedemeyer, December 1, 1943)”
― God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
― God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
Kurt’s 2025 Year in Books
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