One of the defining moments of my "journey" was hearing Todd Hunter point out the fact that when Jesus preached the Gospel in Mark chapter 1 ("Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!"), he couldn't have been talking about the cross, a sacrifice, etc.
Now, those things may have become integral parts of the Good News, post the death/burial and resurrection of Jesus... but it was intriguing to me to start the process of asking; So what Good News did Jesus preach?
Brian McLaren's new book seems to be trying to answer that question. His stated goal is to produce an accessible book, one which someone who has questions about who Jesus was and what He said could pick up and benefit from.
But like Brian always does, he's going to challenge the paradigms of everyone who already has it all figured out.
So far, it's great.
"What if we have developed a religion that makes reverent and honoring statements about Jesus but doesn't teach what Jesus taught in the manner He taught it? What if the religion generally associated with Jesus neither expects nor trains its adherents to actualy live in the way of Jesus?"
Check it out...
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