Justin Wainscott provides this quote from C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis, from Letters to Malcolm, on novelty in worship and the need for permanence and uniformity: It looks as if they [Anglican clergymen] believed people can be lured to go to church by incessant brightenings, lightenings, lengthenings, abridgements, simplifications, and complications of the service. And it …

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Craig Barnes meditates on a familiar, yet perplexing observation in Mark 6:48 “He intended to pass them by.” Your disciples were “straining at the oars against an adverse wind” when they caught a glimpse of you walking on the water. This time you were planning to pass by them. Apparently, you were hoping that just …

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