Michael Jinkins, writes:
“When the church faces the prospect of its own demise (for whatever reasons), it faces a critical moment when its vocation is called into question, when it has the unparalleled opportunity to comprehend and render its life. When the church faces death, in point of fact, it encounters a critical moment when it may know the power of resurrection. But the church can only know this power in actually facing its death. Resurrection is not an abstraction or a mere possibility; resurrection is impossibility, that is, it cannot be counted on in the normal course of events. It is not a guarantee. It lies on the other side of that which cannot be know. Nothing can remove the risk implicit in death. Full stop.”
Michael Jinkins, The church faces death 1999: 13-14
Peace, dwight
Resurrection is Impossibility
