September 22, 2009: 3:58 am: CalUncategorized
Ok, just for the record, I have no idea if this is the only credible thing this guy ever said or if his book is pure nonsense. So please don’t take this as an endorsement of the book…
But, some statements are so dead on I couldn’t care less about the credibility of the source. It still needs to be posted:
Today’s Christianity is caught up in making money off of a parallel universe. We have our own music. We have our own publishing companies. We have our own book stores and we even have our own cruises so you don’t have to hang around with those pesky persons. This isn’t what Jesus intended it to be. Jesus intended to transform people so we could enter the world as a loving transforming presence. Jesus came to love the world — not to condemn the world.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:06 am
Yep — it’s as if we might “catch something” from those pesky non-Christians! Like reality and relevance.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 am
Hi Kathy,
It always amazes me how a branch of Christendom that seriously believes Jesus wants you to mimic the life He lived (In some countries going so far as to even crucify themselves) can’t seem to find it in their theology to go and hang out with the drunks and the hookers like Jesus did.
Somehow, it’s with the people who Jesus hung out with the most that we seem to most strongly feel the need to keep ourselves separate from the world…
Cal
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:08 am
It’s interesting, Cal, that some churches idea of “outreach” is the Alpha program.
Our church is proposing to add yet another committee or board called a “vision” team to determine:
“1. Who God is calling us to be.
2. What God is calling us to do.
3. Who is our neighbor.
4. How is the Spirit currently moving among us and what gifts has God given us (see 1 Cor. 12:18).”
Is it really that difficult? Do we “the church” need all these committees and subcommittees?
Love others as Christ loves you – isn’t that about it?
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Hi Kathy,
Yup — we definitely need another committee to study that one…
Only 2000yrs of thinking already done there — not like we’re reinventing the wheel or anything…
It’s so typical though — as soon as the church becomes all about being good, then the relationship with God She is teaching becomes all about performing tasks.
It never was God who wanted to use us — that’s the other guy’s plan. He wanted a bride and a lover — not a slave.
Cal