Spirituality

Degrees of Separation, Part 3

What are the fewest degrees of separation we can manage before we connect with Jesus, at least as directly as possible?

To induce fear that eternal damnation awaits those who believe differently is a patently un-Jesus-like thing to do.

It is unlikely that any of the Gospels were written by authors who actually heard what Jesus said or saw what he did.

We can make disciples of Jesus without converting them to today's Christianity.

The Bible's overriding message moves from slavery to freedom, misery to joy, woundedness to wholeness, crucifixion to resurrection...

We in the Christian West have tended more towards thinking about Christianity than embodying Christianity...

Protestants declared the Bible inerrant; Catholics declared the Pope inerrant, and a lot of Churchianity-like nonsense followed...

I doubt that Jesus would waste much time in today's churches or listening to Christian radio stations...

Do a church's interpretations benefit the church or do they move people closer to the life of Christ?

When our checkbooks primarily fund and our facilities primarily host Sunday morning worship, we may be practicing Churchianity...