This is not a site for the 'successful' Christian; those who have it all together, perfect families, perfect lives and have this Jesus stuff all figured out. This site isn't about polished crosses, the purpose driven, the best life now or seven steps to shiny what-ever's.
We're talking about Jesus for the rest of us. You know the rest of us; the ones who can't ever seem to attain what the preachers tell we ought if we only pray enough, serve enough and give enough. Those Christian's whose experience isn't all bubble gum and lolly pops, those who still struggle with sin, doubt, fear and loneliness. Those who have failed many times and still get back up and carry on with Jesus on the journey. Those who know their only real hope is the unfailing, extravagant love of God in the person of Jesus Christ and not a system or the kings who rule them.
We are simply friends and friends of friends. We are followers of Jesus Christ who are on the journey of faith together as God connects us. In the good times and even in the mess that life sometimes is, we love and encourage one another in life giving faith in the midst of real life, as real people with the real Jesus.
Appeasement or Atonement - A Cross Examination
No one has done more to complicate and muddle the gospel than religious men; theological men; academic men. Jesus scolds the Pharisees for blocking the entrance to the kingdom (Matt 23) and I have no doubt we faithfully carry on that tradition today. But it shouldn’t be this way. Our skepticism of simplicity doesn’t render simplicity impotent or incomplete. On the contrary, in the case of the cross and the kingdom, it is simple enough for any to grasp—if only we would let ourselves believe that. I suppose on some level we desire the esoteric system. We want to believe that someone (Theologian, Pastor, Pope...it doesn’t matter) has the answers; that someone can fix me; that someone has special knowledge the commoners don’t/can’t fully understand. For those behind the curtain, the ones with the special knowledge and understanding, there can be no doubt how the system strokes their ego. Read More
Last Night I was Sleeping
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?
