Quotable - Marty Duren
May 11th, 2008 by quotablePosted in Uncategorized |
“As the Kingdom moves, our temptation will be to find security in our institutions, the same institutions that are themselves fighting to maintain control and importance. Our denominational structures are a primary place of such security. Without an ability to envision a future without denominations, some will continue to put forth extraordinary amounts of energy to re-animate that which is dying or already dead. Such folks are not able to envision a future without denominations; I cannot envision a future with them.”
Southern Baptist Pastor Marty Duren, commenting recently on his blog, ie.missional.
4 Responses to “Quotable - Marty Duren”
By volfan007 on May 11, 2008 at 7:53 am
I guess everyone’s entitled to have their opinion.
I would just say…”Dont buy the tombstones yet!”
David
By smith.we on May 11, 2008 at 8:38 am
Marty,
David Rogers wrote a Post on this Blog about “THE ONE TRUE CHURCH” and my Comment # 91 speaks to the same subject as your post.
Wayne
By smith.we on May 11, 2008 at 8:49 am
David / Volfan007,
May God give you an open mind and work on your closed mind. Your mindset needs to focus on what Jesus Christ Says about His Church. I believe you already have Your Tombstone.
I repeat what Marty said as the topic of this Post.
As the Kingdom moves, our temptation will be to find security in our institutions, the same institutions that are themselves fighting to maintain control and importance. Our denominational structures are a primary place of such security. Without an ability to envision a future without denominations, some will continue to put forth extraordinary amounts of energy to re-animate that, which is dying or already dead. Such folks are not able to envision a future without denominations; I cannot envision a future with them.
Love Wayne
By volfan007 on May 11, 2008 at 9:38 am
Wayne,
Oh, never mind.
David