Tag Archives: Jesus

They like the Church but not Jesus

There’s a fantastic post at “Letters from Kamp Krusty“. Brant Hansen is a Christian radio host in the states, and as such has some fantastic insights on Christian culture. But I think he’s peaked with his latest post: “I know you think I may be exaggerating. I’m not. Not in the least. Today, I read [...]

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Seeing God

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 I “read this anew” the other day – and was called back to remember. No matter how much I scheme my way into the kingdom of heaven, or try and please others with works for the kingdom, I will only see God [...]

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A quote to live by

If you’re a follower of Jesus, wiping up people’s crap is your job. via The Gospel-Driven Church: Osteen-esque Entitlement and Knowing Your Place. A really interesting blog post, but I loved the quote above.

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“What Jesus Meant” – A Train Story

Melbourne Central Train Station. Image via Wikipedia. This story begins in the home of many great stories: Borders. One fine day, the hero of our story was casually wandering through Borders on his lunchbreak, and stumbled across a book entitled “What Jesus Meant“. (Not literally of course, what with the book being on a table [...]

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Slice of Silliness

I know that there’s not been a lot of activity here, but having had a few people comment on my choice to start reading fundamentalist diatribe, I thought that I just had to share this pearler: Rob Bell of the emerging church says that he has the answer to stop the fighting, “the teachings of [...]

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