Despite all the denominational distinctions I've come across along the way, for the life of me, I cannot find any other litmus test Jesus insisted upon to authenticate his followers except love. This was unsettling when I realized that despite knowing Greek and Hebrew and the boxes in my attic filled with hundreds of my sermons on tape telling others how to be a Christian, I wasn't very loving. Winston Churchill cautioned, "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results". My version of Christianity wasn't making me much like Jesus.
From Divine Nobodies by Jim Palmer
When Jesus Shows Up Inside Your Pain
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I’m flying home from Toronto today after a wonderful weekend of
conversations about how Jesus wants to show up for us, and how we might be
more aware ......
1 week ago
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