“To put this into contemporary terms: our minds must be elastic enough to receive and to contain new ideas. Within the Church there is a resentment of the new and the attempt to pour new things into old molds is almost universal. We attempt to pour the activities of a modem congregation into an ancient church building which was never meant for them. We attempt to pour the truth of new discoveries into creeds which are based on Greek metaphysics. We attempt to pour modern instruction into outworn language which cannot express it. We read God's word to twentieth century men and women in Elizabethan English, and seek to present the needs of the twentieth century man and woman to God in prayer language which is four hundred years old.”
I don’t believe this is talking of change just because something is new. Truth doesn't change. I think this is one reason why it is so very important to stay grounded in God’s written word while open to His Spirit’s whisperings at the same time. One will not contradict the other, but should provide clarity and confirmation.
Thoughts?
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