Sunday, 15 January 2006

• A quote from today's sermon:

  "I attend church to bear witness that Jesus Christ is alive, and He is to be worshipped."
  
  
  

  Ever step out of your worldview? Ever have a flash of insight into how someone else sees reality? Every now and then, it strikes me as just how odd our faith is. I don't mean just peculiar -- I mean it's really out there. Jesus is alive? That Jewish rabble-rouser from two millennia ago -- you actually think he's still living? What kind of nut are you? Not only that -- you actually worship him? You really believe that he controls your life? Are you sure you're not just schizoid? I mean, some people think that Tu-pac is still alive, but they don't get visions from him. No wonder people think we're crazy. The message of the cross really does sound like foolishness: not just nonsense, but utter absurdity.
  

  Have you ever met a person who actually believes he's god? Do you remember listening to his delusions, and humoring his misguided certainty when he leaned in close to you and quietly asserted, "I control the universe"? How short a step is it to say instead, "God lives inside of me -- He talks to me"? No wonder people think we're crazy.

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