Sunday 17 February 2013

Throwing the baby out with the bath water

Dirty bath water:
  • Christian denominational & theological divisions
  • evil in our hearts, dressed to look smart in pews
  • self-serving, proclaimed as protecting the truth
  • traditions and unwillingness to change
  • self-importance and hypocrisy
  • keeping a safe distance from a troubled world
  • sticking with people who are 'like us'.

Baby: Jesus!

Cleansed water:
  • crossing the divides to bring Christian unity, under one Lord
  • evil in our hearts, forgiven at the cross
  • acknowledging Jesus as Lord, who is the Truth
  • following wherever Jesus leads
  • self-worth, bestowed at great cost on the cross
  • working to bring peace to a troubled world
  • loving those who are needy, in the name of Jesus.

Don't throw the baby out with the dirty bath water!

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