Originally Posted by Valsdad
Originally Posted by antlers
I think Jesus is the hope for the world…and for the people of the world…and His followers are sometimes to a significant degree a vehicle of expressing that hope.
To me, it’d be cool if the unchurched, the dechurched, or even other ‘Christians’ could see the original version of Christianity that first-century followers found so attractive that it was worth living and dying for. Against incredible odds, it not only survived, but thrived. Through all the muck and the mire, we are still invited to embrace this original version that turned the world upside down.
Only one problem with that antlers, seems there's no money in it. Or in preaching/teaching it.
Yes, ‘money’ is absolutely important to organized religion.

But when it is said that there is only one mediator between God and men, that’s what it means: one. Period. People who are seeking God don’t have to go through anything else or anyone else to get to Him. Period. Not a Catholic priest, and not a Protestant pastor either, and not organized religion in any way…not a church…and certainly not an orthodoxy, and not a book. None of that is absolutely necessary. Can any of it be helpful…? Yes. Can any of it be edifying…? Yes. Can any of it be harmful…? Yes. Clearly. But when it gets down to the nut-cuttin’…people only need to go through Jesus to get to God.

It’s very simple. And it’s very easy. Once people know the truth, everything else is just cheap whisky.

Every day on this side of the ground is a win.