The Church that Pushes Forward

The picture of a fort on the frontier:

There is security in the one who opens the door.

There is purpose in the one leading through the door.

There is stability in the one standing on the other side of the door.

Peterson - Hallelujah Banquet - “A fear of the unknown must not set boundaries for our lives. An overweening desire for comfort must not inhibit our appetites for danger. The life of Christ is not complete in us when we have recieved it but only when we risk it against the lies and indifference and evil. The same open door Christ went through on Palm Sunday is still open.”

Keep from - illustration: like God did with the Hebrews during the Egyptian plagues

(ref. John 17:15)