Comments on: Our View of the Bible (part 2) http://www.asmallfaith.org/118/our-view-of-the-bible-part-2/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brian http://www.asmallfaith.org/118/our-view-of-the-bible-part-2/#comment-2586 Brian Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:29:43 +0000 http://www.asmallfaith.org/118/our-view-of-the-bible-part-2/#comment-2586 Kinda like reading "The Old Man and The Sea" as a summer fishing trip, huh? The bad thing is, churches promote this kind of thinking. We try to attract people by offering them keys to a "better" life. Pull out 10 verses with the word "riches" in them, surround it with a fancy multimedia presentation, add some praise singers and you've got a ready-made seminar just waiting to happen. Makes you wonder why we need Jesus at all. <em><strong>Who is the answer? Anyone? Anyone? That's right, Jesus. Jesus is the answer.</strong></em> Kinda like reading “The Old Man and The Sea” as a summer fishing trip, huh?

The bad thing is, churches promote this kind of thinking. We try to attract people by offering them keys to a “better” life. Pull out 10 verses with the word “riches” in them, surround it with a fancy multimedia presentation, add some praise singers and you’ve got a ready-made seminar just waiting to happen. Makes you wonder why we need Jesus at all.

Who is the answer? Anyone? Anyone? That’s right, Jesus. Jesus is the answer.

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