Rescuing Scripture, Theology, & Church from the Shackles of Religion
Many Christians say that if you are truly a Christian, you will have the good works to prove it. I argued in last week’s post that this is not true.
Let me provide three more reasons that good works do not prove that we are a Christian (and that the lack of good works do not prove that we are NOT a Christian).
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Since the church is the representative of Jesus on earth, Jesus is doing whatever the church does. So even though Jesus himself did not actually do what this article states, it is still shocking to think about how this money was spent.
Here are some stories from Sam Riviera about homeless people he has met on the street. In them, he sees Jesus. Have you seen him there? He’s not hard to find if you know how to look.
Some believe that bigger churches are able to accomplish bigger ministry opportunities? But are they? If so, does this mean that big churches are better? If you are not loving your neighbors right now, you cannot write a big check and call it “ministry.”
