ELCA
Trinity Lutheran Church, 100 West Cherry Street, Fairbury, Illinois 61739
(8:30am worship) FairburyTLC@gmail.com
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 34606 E 2450 North Rd, Colfax, Illinois 61728
(10:00am worship) Immanuelcolfax@hotmail.com
worship times flip beginning in September
(8:30am worship) FairburyTLC@gmail.com
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 34606 E 2450 North Rd, Colfax, Illinois 61728
(10:00am worship) Immanuelcolfax@hotmail.com
worship times flip beginning in September
"The church is not in the morals business. The world is in the morals business, quite rightfully; and it has done a fine job of it, all things considered. The history of the world's moral codes is a monument to the labors of many philosophers, and it is a monument of striking unity and beauty.
As C.S. Lewis said, "anyone who thinks the moral codes of mankind are all different should be locked up in a library and be made to read three days' worth of them. He would be bored silly by the sheer sameness."
What the world cannot get right, however, is the forgiveness business - and that, of course, is the church's real job. She is in the world to deal with the sin which the world can't turn off or escape from. She is not in the business of telling the world what's right and wrong so that it can do good and avoid evil. She is in the business of offering (to a world which knows all about that tiresome subject), forgiveness for its chronic unwillingness to take its own advice. But the minute she even hints that morals, and not forgiveness, is the name of her game, she instantly corrupts the Gospel and runs headlong into blatant nonsense. The church becomes, not Ms Forgiven Sinner, by Ms Right. Christianity becomes the good guys in here versus the bad guys out there. Which, of course, is pure tripe. The church is nothing but the world under the sign of baptism."
by Robert Capon, Hunting the Divine Fox, pages 132-133.
If you want to be about living right, being good enough as a child of God, there are plenty of other places that will be glad to feed you that. If you wish to be a part of a broken community living in God's forgiveness, then scroll on, because this is the church for you...
As C.S. Lewis said, "anyone who thinks the moral codes of mankind are all different should be locked up in a library and be made to read three days' worth of them. He would be bored silly by the sheer sameness."
What the world cannot get right, however, is the forgiveness business - and that, of course, is the church's real job. She is in the world to deal with the sin which the world can't turn off or escape from. She is not in the business of telling the world what's right and wrong so that it can do good and avoid evil. She is in the business of offering (to a world which knows all about that tiresome subject), forgiveness for its chronic unwillingness to take its own advice. But the minute she even hints that morals, and not forgiveness, is the name of her game, she instantly corrupts the Gospel and runs headlong into blatant nonsense. The church becomes, not Ms Forgiven Sinner, by Ms Right. Christianity becomes the good guys in here versus the bad guys out there. Which, of course, is pure tripe. The church is nothing but the world under the sign of baptism."
by Robert Capon, Hunting the Divine Fox, pages 132-133.
If you want to be about living right, being good enough as a child of God, there are plenty of other places that will be glad to feed you that. If you wish to be a part of a broken community living in God's forgiveness, then scroll on, because this is the church for you...
