? In the opening convocation of Truett Seminary on Tuesday August 26, 2010 Dr. Tucker academic dean began our series of chapel sermons on Christian Community. He reminded us that what makes us a community is Jesus Christ. Let me say again, what holds us together is Jesus Christ. Now don’t confuse this with the affirmation that what holds us together is our common belief in Jesus Christ. If it was our belief in Christ that creates Christian community then the church is but another club or affinity group. If it is only our belief in Jesus Christ that makes us a community we have traded sole fides for a cold bowl of porridge. When we go back to the view of theological education modeled by Dietrich Bonehoeffer described in Life Together makes this point.

Bonhoeffer in his volume Life together and the emphasis of neo-orthodoxy on witness provide a light for us as we grope our way in the darkness of post-modernity, post-Constantinian church. Psalm 19 and the letter of James give us clues about the nature of our witness. These texts tell us” don’t be dumb.”