There is no question that the church needs renewal. From our discussion, the question is whether or not the church can trust the word to renew the church. No doubt we have lost confidence in the word. But does such a loss say much about the word or instead more about us? God’s word kills and makes alive. Can we allow it to be so proclaimed that it would quicken us? … And we need pastors who will preach and teach the full counsel of God, law and gospel, and the doctrines of the Holy Scriptures, for the all too many who do not know the truth.
Mark Mattes, "Catholic and Evangelical, but not Roman or American," Logia, Vol. 21-1, 28
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