The human example...

The text this week, Philippians 2: 5-11, is an intriguing journey into the mind of Christ. God and man. The culmination of his obedience. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian who was executed by the Nazis toward the end of World War 2 made this observation in his writings which I believe touches the very point that Paul is making here in the text.


The church is the church only when it exists for others...The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving...It must not underestimate the importance of human example which has its origin in the humanity of Jesus.