On Friday night and Saturday, I was with Hugh Halter, one of the authors of a book called Tangible Kingdom. I read the book in 2008 when it first came out and was impressed by it. After the conversations on Friday and Saturday, I decided to read it again. I am glad I did. Lots of food for thought and action.
Over the next few days, I will be sharing quotes here from the book.
Hugh writes, "God could have sent his son by asking him to set up a website and download spiritual information to every bilboard in the world. But apparently he knew that information about him doesn't help people understand or love him. So, the only option for the Father and for us it to embody the concept. This is where a missionary starts. And the first thing that must change is our posture."
"In North America, people don't have anysense of the true Christian message any more because the face of that message looks so unlike the founder. Christianity is no almost impossible to explain, not because the concepts aren't intelligible, but because the living, moving, speaking examples of our faith don't line up with the message. Our poor posture overshadows the most beautiful story and reality the world has ever known."
Sad, but true! The question for us is what will we do about it? How will we change our posture so that others will be drawn to Jesus and living in his kingdom now?
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