
But because we are all rooted in God--whether we want to be or not--our ties to one another cannot be isolated from our shared relationship to God. Nor can our relationship to him be cut off from our ties to one another.
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So Paul took his stand in the open space at the Areopagus and laid it out for them: "I'm here to introduce you to this God.... He doesn't play hide-and-seek with us. He's not remote; he's near. We live and move in him, can't get away from him!" ~Acts 17
But because we are all rooted in God--whether we want to be or not--our ties to one another cannot be isolated from our shared relationship to God. Nor can our relationship to him be cut off from our ties to one another.