you don't have to be nice, ya just have to be good...As evil and bad as things and many people are in the world today, I am ready for him to return and set things straight. He will do it with a rod of iron.
I hope I am worthy to be in his Kingdom, but if not, it will be good for all the evil to be brought to a close.
Why can’t everyone treat each other decently and with respect?
The last paragraph:
“Jesus refuses to be put in a religious box. He’s not a nice Savior, whose goal is to make us feel better about ourselves and become well-adjusted, productive members of society. All that is well and good, and it is part of our lot in life. But this is not the mission of Jesus. He’s not interested in nice, well-adjusted people, but mostly in people who forgive and love. And sometimes he has to bring a little chaos into our lives to help us become the people he’s called us to be.”
Beautiful. I needed to read that today. Thanx!
And he has a strict immigration policy.
There’s even a fence.
A guy named Pete mans the gate!
you don't have to be nice, ya just have to be good...(1)Jesus is not nice. Yes He is without a doubt.
(2)He encouraged His disciples to break the Sabbath. No, He did not. They broke man made interpretations of the Sabbath.
(3) God brings chaos. No, God brings order which may cause a commotion when chaos is considered "normal".
Also the writer did not capitalize God or the pronouns associated with Him.
I must admit that I haven’t read anything from Christianity Today for many years.
I thought it was a most thought-provoking article. When I was a new convert many years ago, I and my cohorts were all about challenging the status quo. As time progressed, we became the status quo we had dared to shake.
Now, I avoid things that take me out of my own universe (physical comfort zone); although I enjoy the sparring here at FR as opposed to a strictly evangelical mutual admiration society.
I am a personal failure on most of the fronts mentioned, yet God has never forsaken me since I first trusted and believed in His Son.
Thanks for posting this!
This article is a prime example of why, although often tempted to subscribe to CT, I never pulled the trigger. While some think CT is on the “cutting edge” of Christian thought; I view things like this article as irreverent drivel, and ANYTHING BUT edifying in any way.
Anyone who thinks Jesus was just a long-haired proto-hippie preaching love and forgiveness has never read John’s gospel.
Mat 10:5 ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go NOT into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of ISRAEL.
Mat 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Mat 15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am NOT SENT but unto the lost sheep of the house of ISRAEL.
And his final commission, Jerusalem, then Judea, then Samaria, then to the udder most parts of the world.
Hell is other people.
Perhaps this planet is another planet’s hell.
Two well worn quotes from dead famous people.
In any case, hell can’t be worse than this here now.
So now we are teaching the Jesus sinned against His parents?
No doubt the magazine is quite faithful to its title ... "Christianity Today"
I could have made the same point as this article without all of the factual errors.
Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.