9A Worship - Church is the People (Not the Institution)

Greetings!   

Last week we spoke about the church as a “mystery” and that there are three kinds of mysteries:

1. Things hidden that might be revealed

2. Things that are beyond human comprehension

3. Rituals that embody 1 and 2.

The church is all three of these because the body of Christ is all three. It must be a mystery to the world that begs for enlightenment. It must be something beyond human comprehension, because it’s about Jesus’ connection with us. And thus we do things in church to help us reveal Christ to the world and to stay humble about our inability to know everything.

This week, we’re going to build on this by starting to demystify the church... Sound like a contradiction? While the church remains a mystery in the body of Christ, there are a lot of mysterious things that are rooted in tradition and practice that should come to light. The first thing to address then is the institution of the church.

Rev. Dr. Gregory Wagenfuhr.