[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Adapting could be eternally dangerous if it requires us to stop doing the
work of the Cross. The methods may need to change with the times, but not
the actual work. If adapting included a cease and desist order on the work,
(which is just what the enemy wants, and will relentlessly fight for) then
we have failed. Just as core beliefs don't change, then neither can obeying
them. If we no longer do the work we once did, then we no longer believe
what we once believed.
When I used the word adapt it was with the intent of methods. We never stop
the work of the cross but you may need to change how you do the work. What
works for a group of kids in white middle class suburbia is not going to work
well in black inner city ghettos or visa versa. That is one reason they came
up with the urban Ranger program and why they are updating Rangers in general.
Even with all of that we must still be circumspect when we minister. It is a
sad state of affairs but we live in a society that likes to sue and look for
any excuse to do so. We shouldn't have to worry about that, but in these time
we have to. I think you are on the right track now. Hope that clears a few
thing up.
