Growing Together
Growing Together is a newsletter supplement to The Messenger online but with a focus on what is happening in our culture and the issues that are challenging for the church.As a small church conference, we cannot, and will not try to do what larger organizations do. What we will do, is discuss the issues that have an impact on us, with arguments and material to assist us to think through issues intelligently from several angles. As with everything we do, we are committed to the Bible as inspired by God and the truth by which we live.
When is it right to make a public apology?
Does it even make sense for the church in the present to speak to something that happened in the past, Bergen asks, and what does a public apology do? He goes on to discuss the questions we should ask when we’re considering a public apology: Are we listening? Are we truly sorry? Will we ask for forgiveness? What actions are required? And finally, are we prepared to not be in control?