The Church

Keegan Ruddy
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The Church is not a school

In Rudolf Otto's,  The Idea of the Holy, he discusses the Lutheran Church and how it became more of a school, a place for people to find truth. Now the Church, the whole Christian Church, as an institution is a place that preaches and gives people truth. Truth in the Gospel and proclaiming that in word and deed to the whole world. By no means should the Church be a school only though. It is a safe haven, for the lost and the tired to find rest. Those who are fighting the good fight to have a place to refuel and get back into the world to preach what they know. There is a place in the Church for teaching, that is without question. Christians must be formed in their faith and informed about their faith in order to evangelize it to the world. The idea of the Church as just a school though is not what most Christians would view it as. It is a shelter in the storm of life, God provides a community for His people to find comfort among one another and place for them to come together and worship Him. Because God is worthy!