Of all the memories of the church, the washing of the saints' feet is among the earliest and most vivid. I remember, after a solemn searching of heart and mind and feasting reverently at the Lord's table, gathering with men and boys, old and young, to engage in the ritual of feet washing. It seemed then to me, as it seems now, one of the most meaningful experiences of my life, and yet one of the strangest. Only after I became an adult and began studying theology would I realize that the most distinguished scholars in the field of anthropology say that true religion ritual is always characterized by an oddness, a strangeness, a mystery, a separateness from the normal warp and woof of life. Yet, they say, those same rituals ring profoundly true with human beings about the depths of human experience and need. I have come to the conclusion that much of the ritual in Christian history has no warrant in Scripture. The Bible, does, however, commend to the church corporate rituals that vividly remind our senses of the grace of God in Jesus Christ. I am thinking of baptism, the Lord's Supper, the washing of the saints' feet, anionting the sick with oil, and even fasting. All of these involve the senses; tasting, touching, smelling, seeing, and hearing.
Pinson brings both a scholarly and pastoral perspective to this important study of feet washing, a practice of the early church that was once more commonly observed among Baptists and other Christians than it is today. A first-rate study by a superb Baptist theologian!
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