once again i outdid myself…

So I wouuld suggest that in this age of web-based everything, some communication is still better done face-to-face and heart-to-heart.

Jesus did not address all the issues in the life of the women at the well or the woman caught in adultery or the blind man or…. He met the people where they were without condemnation or a set of rules or requirements.

Bob Mumford, Life Changers Ministries, presented a talk in 2005 that compared what believers do and what they should be doing. It was in the form of a prophesy presented directly to him. In summary it said that we (he) know the words, we know the song, we hear the music but we do not dance.

Simply, we know the scriptures and we follow them with does and don’t in our churches, we hear what God wants us to do (music), but we, as the bride of Jesus, do jot follow His lead. Jesus stirred up the established church of his day. He did not do “His ministry” within the rules as the church wanted. He just did what He saw the Father doing.

Life in Jesus is relational. Telling the gay person that “the bible says” will not open doors except the one they through you out of. Look at who Jesus spent his time with, Hosea’s obedience to marry a whore, and the other prophets who did not do it the
“normal” way.

If it is healing (Jesus did), or just the acceptance (Jesus did) we offer to the non believers (Muslims or your next door neighbor) then that is door through which we must walk. Love is the basis of His Kingdom and the foundation on which all things we created. We really do not have the right to speak into anyones life until we have, and they know it, loved them.

Jesus is a good teacher

I want to be like Jesus.

A Muslim believes in God and believes in Jesus.

We as Christians have that in common with Muslims.

There is little or no mention of the cross. No mention of the persecution of the ancient Chrisitian denominations that have been driven out of the Middle East in the last century. In fact, he has an obvious distain for orthodox Protestant churches or ancient denominations. Carl in a sarcastic way makes fun of conservative evangelical Christians. His audiance is enamored by his laid back and funny story telling. He after all wants to be like Jesus and everyone should want to be like Jesus.
Well, I have heard this before, and his preaching is devoid of the real Jesus and the gospel. Many converts from Islam have sacrificed their own families, fortunes and lives for the cross. Ignorance in Christiandom forgets that 75% of the gosple is written within the week of the cross. Jesus’s primary work remains salvation thru his death and resurrection. If you read his book it will tell you more of his view.