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<\/em>. In his introduction he provides a good word about engagement with our Christian heritage.\u00a0 Having been nurtured in the Jesus movement, Hall mentions how he realized the movement had no ecclesiology (still like much of evangelicalism today).\u00a0 In that context this quote appears:<\/p>\n“I have learned from the fathers that the church is much broader and deeper than I had ever imagined.\u00a0 My individualistic, evangelical bent has been tempered by a historical, theological and spiritual lengthening of memory.\u00a0 My listening skills have been enhanced.\u00a0 Voices that once seemed strange, foreign and occasionally distorted – sometimes because of the historical, cultural, ecclesial and linguistic distances separating them from me – are now old friends.\u00a0 This is not to say that I always find myself in agreement with the fathers.\u00a0 We still have our disagreements, but our quarrels now resemble family squabbles and in-house arguments.”\u009d (13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have appreciated so far looking through Christopher Hall’s book, Worshiping With the Church Fathers. In his introduction he provides a good word about engagement with our Christian heritage.\u00a0 Having been nurtured in the Jesus movement, Hall mentions how he realized the movement had no ecclesiology (still like much of evangelicalism today).\u00a0 In that …<\/p>\n