Monday 8 February 2010

Something's Wrong

I've started reading Rob Bell and Don Golden's Jesus Wants To Save Christians. Now, there's a provocative title to think about.

In the first chapter Bell writes of something being wrong - a sense we share, even if we're not quite sure what's wrong.

Jesus was a Middle Eastern man who lived in an occupied country and was killed by the superpower of his day. (page 17)
For a growing number of people in our world, it appears that many Christians support some of the very things Jesus came to set people free from. (page 18)


What's wrong? People are not free.
What's right? Jesus came to set people free!
What's wrong? People today are living in bondage, and living in ways that condemn others to the
                        bondage from which Jesus came to set them free.
What's right?  ???
What's wrong? People who claim to know Jesus are living in ways that would have, and will again,
                         condemn Jesus to death
What's right? Jesus is right and we need to learn to live like him.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

So you think you can add books to this list - do you!!!!