there is not much in our parish life to suggest we should be anything different. The New Testament Church made an impact on the world because its members lived different kinds of lives than the people around them. Christians were held by their Church to a high standard of behavior and were disciplined if they wavered from it. They were expected to be honest and hard-working, and to treat others with love and respect. They were expected to be holy, from the Greek agios, which means “set apart” to
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