The final mixes are in for the by/for project. The record, which is now going by the name "Sweet Sacrifice", is coming together and I am exceedingly excited to hear the songs as they one-by-one come slowly into my computer. Everything I have heard so far has sounded great and I am looking forward to letting you hear them.
While reading through the works of Luther this afternoon I came
across the following words. The by/for project is attempting to live some of this out so I thought I would include it here. (Please forgive the exclusive language.)
"A Christian lives not in himself, but in Christ and in his neighbor.
Otherwise, he is not a Christian. He lives in Christ through faith, in
his neighbor through love. By faith he is caught up beyond himself into
God. By love he descends beneath himself into his neighbor...Make your
gifts freely and for no consideration, so that others may profit by
them and fare well because of you and your goodness. In this way you
shall be truly good and Christian...Your faith is sufficient for you,
through which God has given you all things."
- from "The Freedom of a Christian Man" by Martin Luther (from pages 24-25 of The Protestant Reformation, ed. by Hillerbrand)
May you be encouraged to live in Christ and in community,
and to "make your gifts freely and for no consideration, so that others
may profit by them and fare well because of you."
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