Starting Point

Dave Edling just sent me an encouraging email as I prepare to head into my last “getaway” writing stretch this coming weekend. (I tuck into a hotel here in town and work uninterruptedly.) My favorite line was a Dennis Johnson quote from his book, The Message of Acts in the History  of Redemption:

“In Scripture the starting point of instruction on right behavior is not a list of our duties, but a declaration of God’s saving achievement, bringing us into a relationship of favor with him.”

Oh, how I pray that every line of “Redeeming Church Conflicts” will proclaim that truth.