Rarely do fund-raising letters provoke genuine contemplation. Direct mail pieces from Ken Myers at Mars Hill Audio, however, are a remarkable exception. In the latest letter, Myers points out the unique role of the church as a reflection of the God who speaks, and speaks truthfully.
Myers writes:
Because the church is the community of people whose humanity has been rescued from its self-destructive tendencies, the New Testament repeatedly calls believers to honor the contours of our created and redeemed nature. The ethics of the Kingdom do not call us to abandon our humanity, but to fulfill (in Christ) all of its capacities. Since we were made in the image of a God who is love, churches should strive to be communities known for the attributes of love spelled out in 1 Corinthians 13. (Perhaps we should stop reading this chapter at weddings and read it instead at the commencement of congregational meetings or church committees.) Since we were created to delight in the truth, local churches should be havens from whatever patterns of mendacity the world honors. And since we are made in the image of the Logos, created by a speaking God, surely Christians, of all people, should strive to display the best and brightest patterns of speech.
Amen.
