the Restoration Movement Dream
Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. ...
I have a dream
What is the Restoration Movement (RM)? I mean fundamentally?
consider a couple of quotes from a blockbuster film:
1. Marcus Aurelius: There was a dream that was < xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" prefix="st1" namespace="">Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. ...
There was a dream that was Rome...fragile ...
2. Maximus: Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. That is not it. That is not it! ...
3. then, of course, MLK,jr. had a famous sermon by this title, "I have a dream," powerful, convicting, moving, disturbing, intriguing, inspiring.
but, what are we? fundamentally? How do we define ourselves? by tangible, logical lines of doctrine; or by something more solid, but less discernible? Study the diagram above and meditate on the hard vertical lines that separate us; then, think on the bands of truth blowing across these lines! Are we just another denomination with an identifying set of doctrines (can you say creed)? Or, are we held together by principles despite differences on the surface? even to ask the question, is to run the danger of defining a denomination! if one lives in flatland, then one sees things in two-dimensional format. But, if the Spirit of God has opened ones eyes to see the warriors on the hills, then one walks in faith. "Open my eyes, that I may see, glimpses of truth Thou hast for me..."
"Open my eyes, that I may see..."
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