"There's a reason we call it Holy communion, not just good..." 😂 So so so good. Thank you Ross! I am incapable of expressing how grateful I am, truly, and how stoked I am for this Summer.
This was an incredible exchange, and I really loved the chance to listen to Ross. I’m deeply captivated by the notion that Christ is training us to “till soil” more than “plant seeds”—that’s an incredibly helpful framing, and I entirely agree. I think this framing also wisely helps us realize that “sharing the Gospel” can contribute to “hardening soil” if we are not careful, hence why Jesus is always telling us not to share this or that, to be careful, slow, etc. I think this also connects with the excellent McDonald quote (‘Divine revelation is always partial in order to be true’), for it suggests that Jesus is aware that we cannot always tell “the whole truth” all at once or it might not “come across as true” to the receiver. I also agree that a real danger today is “having our hearts hardened” more than say be killed (and I like that take on 666 as a symbol of “man’s work”). The ideas of people needing to “come back when they have a better question” and aren’t looking to “have” an answer, of God as “the Ultimate Elder,” and on life as a movement to a Second Wonder or New Wonder—all fire. Really, really great conversation!
"There's a reason we call it Holy communion, not just good..." 😂 So so so good. Thank you Ross! I am incapable of expressing how grateful I am, truly, and how stoked I am for this Summer.
Thanks for listening! Be seeing you soon brother!
This was an incredible exchange, and I really loved the chance to listen to Ross. I’m deeply captivated by the notion that Christ is training us to “till soil” more than “plant seeds”—that’s an incredibly helpful framing, and I entirely agree. I think this framing also wisely helps us realize that “sharing the Gospel” can contribute to “hardening soil” if we are not careful, hence why Jesus is always telling us not to share this or that, to be careful, slow, etc. I think this also connects with the excellent McDonald quote (‘Divine revelation is always partial in order to be true’), for it suggests that Jesus is aware that we cannot always tell “the whole truth” all at once or it might not “come across as true” to the receiver. I also agree that a real danger today is “having our hearts hardened” more than say be killed (and I like that take on 666 as a symbol of “man’s work”). The ideas of people needing to “come back when they have a better question” and aren’t looking to “have” an answer, of God as “the Ultimate Elder,” and on life as a movement to a Second Wonder or New Wonder—all fire. Really, really great conversation!
Man, so glad it resonated. We'll have to chat more.