mikevandrie
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10:04:23 pm on January 10, 2009 | # |
So yeah it has been a while since any of us have posted. Forgive us for that, we have been very busy with things in our lives.
More than ever I have started to realize that this reformation thing is going to take time. Really it is going to take time in two different senses, the first being, a reformation is not going to happen in six months to a year. Secondly a reformation is going to take a lot of hours of work.
At first I thought, okay we as a group of guys are going to meet in a garage, study the Bible, talk some theology, hold each other accountable and then go tell people about it and that is it. After that change should happen and we will have a reformation on our hands and it will be great. The reality, as I have come to find out, is that this reformation of Christianity that we want so bad is going to take a long time. It easily could be another 5-10 years before we start to see any fruit, any change, because what we are doing. Who knows how long it might be before we see the full out change that we all long for? So we are in this thing for the long haul, we are willing to be long suffering for this reformation. We want to see Grand Rapids be orthodox again and not this garbage of beliefs that it is now.
The second aspect is not totally independent of the first, yet it is slightly different. Here is the thing, there is going to have to be a lot of hours put forth in reformation. It is going to take a lot of time in prayer, reading the Bible, fasting, proclaiming the message of Jesus to those around us, getting other people involved in leading this change. Here is the thing we easily could put 10,000 hours of our time, each of us could put in that much time before this even starts to take hold. Reformations take much time and dedication. It would be a shame if we all put in another 8,000 hours, only to be short 2,000 hours from seeing change.
So while this may seem like a daunting task, we know that we don’t do this for ourselves, rather we do this for the glory of Jesus. That makes it possible for a group of 5 guys, to do something as crazy as meet in a garage that is not heated, even during the winter months in Michigan, and think that they can cause a reformation back to Jesus and what the Bible says about Him happen.
-M. Van Drie
Sammy 6:32 am on March 3, 2009 | #
Just dropping by.Btw, you website have great content!
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